Midbox scheme for Tunbridge Wells

By Liza Helps Property Editor Logistics Matters

THE NEW £135 million GDV speculatively built scheme on a 33-acre site will be known as TN2 Gateway and will comprise nine units, ranging from 23,000 to 175,000 ft2. The site was acquired by the partnership in June 2024 as reported in Logistics Matters.

It is located next to Kingstanding Business Park, close to Royal Tunbridge Wells town centre, and has immediate access to the A21 which connects to the M25 and the Channel ports of Dover and Medway.

The developers are targeting a BREEAM Outstanding and an EPC A+ rating for the scheme which  will include provision for photo-voltaic panels on all buildings, green roofs, carbon-neutral heating systems and energy efficient lighting. Each unit will also have its own dedicated car parking area with space for electric vehicle charging.  

TN2 Gateway has been designed to provide a high-quality landscaped setting that enhances employee wellbeing, supports biodiversity gains and helps integrate the development into the local and wider countryside.  Wildflower meadows, a pond, new tree planting and green buffer zones will all form part of the new parkland landscape. 

Scannell Properties UK Development Director Simon Borthwick, said: “TN2 Gateway will be the only business park in the area capable of providing a range of buildings of ‘mid-box’ scale, a size that has proved increasingly popular for the sector in the last few years.  

“Its prime location and ease of transport connections, alongside its strong energy saving credentials, means we are already seeing interest from a range of local and national businesses keen to take space in an historically undersupplied area.”  

Construction on the site, which was acquired in June 2024, has now started with the first buildings due to be ready for occupation in Q1 2026 and final completion scheduled for later that year. 

McLaren has been appointed as main contractor with JLL and Glenny appointed as joint letting agents for the scheme. Lichfields advised on all planning matters.