Plans for new Wrexham Industrial Estate HQ for crane firm

A planning application has been lodged with Wrexham Council for permission to build a 77,276sqft unit at land known as Oak Road on the southern edge of the industrial estate.
The unit would comprise warehouse and office space, car and HGV parking and servicing and storage.
It is proposed that the facility would become the new headquarters for Swedish company HIAB - a crane manufacturer. Its current headquarters is in Ellesmere, Shropshire - but the firm is looking for a new HQ as it has outgrown its Ellesmere facility.
Where the site is located, (Image: Planning documents) A planning statement submitted with the application says: "The proposed development would deliver a high-quality headquarters development for an internationally renowned industrial company.
"The business wishes to relocate its UK headquarters to Wrexham/WIE, specifically The Oaks site. In arriving at its decision, working alongside FIREM (a real estate firm which owns the site) and its team, the planned occupier has investigated, assessed but discounted a number of other industrial locations/sites/development opportunities in and around the wider Wrexham area, including WIE.
"As far as the planned occupier is concerned, the Oaks site is the optimum location for its new UK headquarters."
The proposed development site. (Image: Planning documents) It adds: "The development would deliver a high-quality headquarters facility plus a unique high-quality ecology and heritage zone which represents a significant benefit of the overall proposal.
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"The development would deliver a wider range of important and relevant benefits including profile benefits (for the city of Wrexham), socio-economic benefits, social value benefits and valuable ecology and heritage related benefits."
A planning application submitted in 2019 for 21,000 sqm of "light industrial and B2/B8 industrial units" on the site was refused due to concerns over the impact on local nature, and that part of the proposed site lay outside the WIE Settlement Limit.
The planning application will be decided on by Wrexham Council's planning officials at a later date.

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