Work is underway to build Stockport’s new green light-industrial park, Cheadle Eco Park, which will secure up to 200 high-quality jobs and set exemplary standards for sustainable construction across the North West.
Located on Bird Hall Lane in Cheadle, the cutting-edge £25m scheme will deliver 115,000 sq ft of multi-unit light-industrial development. The project comprises six state-of-the-art units ranging from 8,374 sq ft to 43,800 sq ft, designed to meet the needs of modern, sustainability-focused businesses.
From the outset, Cheadle Eco Park (CEP) has been designed to achieve Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Outstanding – the highest sustainability rating. Only developments that score at least 85% against BREEAM’s strict environmental standards achieve this, placing CEP among the top 1% of non-residential buildings in the UK for sustainability performance. This level of certification is particularly rare in the light-industrial sector, where such high environmental standards have historically been difficult to achieve.
The scheme will set a new benchmark for low-carbon light-industrial development, featuring a low-embodied-carbon structure, with the design shaped by whole-life-carbon assessment from the earliest stages. By incorporating carefully selected low-carbon materials and technologies, the scheme significantly reduces its environmental impact during construction, aligning with the emerging UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard and supporting Stockport Council’s commitment to fostering sustainable economic growth and achieving carbon neutrality for the borough by 2038.
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