BID DATE 8th JUNE - Stamford Gateway, Empingham Road, Stamford, PE9 2XP

Description
The original Exeter Park masterplan outline consent (application ref: S12/0864) was granted in 2013. The strategic extension to Stamford comprises of 400 residential homes which are now complete and a strategic employment zone of up to 10ha.
The subject site comprises a triangular shaped land parcel which is approximately 8.47 hectares (21.6 acres) in size, and falls on the edge of the market town of Stamford. It is bound by Empingham Road (A606) to the north, a recently constructed residential development by Taylor Wimpey to the east and south, and the A1 to the west.
This exciting opportunity is the final land parcel of the Exeter Park masterplan and it is allocated by Policy E2 of the South Kesteven Local Plan (adopted January 2020) as a Strategic Employment Site (ref. ST-SE1)

Location
The site is located within the Exeter Park development on the western edge of Stamford, a town within southern Lincolnshire which has a population of approx. 20,000. The town is situated 15 miles north west of Peterborough, 29 miles north of Huntingdon and 45 miles north of Cambridge. The site benefits from nearby access to the A1 (providing links to London and the North) and direct access to Empingham Road (A606) (leading to Oakham, Melton Mowbray and Nottingham) which run parallel to the northern and western boundaries of Exeter Park respectively.
Stamford railway station is situated approximately 1.5 miles from the site which provides mainline rail services to Peterborough, Huntingdon and Cambridge with journey times of circa 15 minutes, 40 minutes and 1 hour, 10 minutes respectively, as well as the wider rail network.