New £5.6m Leicester food park gets planning permission

Leicester City Council’s planning committee decided to accept the proposals for Leicester Food Park, which will be located on a council-owned site off Lewisher Road in the north-east of the city, a news report in the local media has revealed.

The development will provide 19,250 sq ft of bespoke ‘food-grade’ units designed to encourage start-up and smaller grow-on businesses in the food and drink manufacturing industry. The application which was approved is for nine units, ranging in size from 1,000 to 5,000 sq ft, along with a hub office.

City mayor Peter Soulsby said: “This planned development will be a big boost for the area and the city as a whole. We know that tailor-made food and drink manufacturing premises are something which are in high demand, and this scheme will meet that need.”

“Our Economic Action Plan for the city recognises the importance to the local economy of high-quality food and drink manufacturing, and we hope that this new food park will boost the city’s jobs market and raise investor confidence.”

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