UK: Hinckley a step closer to approval

The long-opposed and even longer-desired Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) is a step closer to realisation. Tritax Big Box Developments (TBBD) is hoping for a positive decision on a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for their planned development. The logistics park, with rail facilities, midway between Leicester and Coventry, is projected by the company to generate between £329 million and £406 million per year in Gross Value Added (GVA) for the UK economy.

Tritax has made a representation to the UK government, hoping to smooth the final steps towards gaining approval. News of Hinckley comes on the coattails of a Manchester proposal, at Newton-le-Willows, and several other developments coming down the tracks. Hinckley would be the latest in the highly desirable “logistics golden triangle” of the English East Midlands.

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There has been stiff opposition to logistics developments, …