The New Distribution: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Large Distribution Warehouse Premises in England and Wales

Greenhalgh, Paul, King, Helen M., Muldoon-Smith, Kevin and Ellis, Josephine (2021) The New Distribution: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Large Distribution Warehouse Premises in England and Wales. Urban Planning, 6 (3). pp. 399-414. ISSN 2183-7635

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Abstract

This research addresses the deficit of empirical investigation of changes in industrial and warehouse property markets in the UK. It uses business rates (rating list) data for England and Wales to reveal changes in the quantum and distribution of premises over the last decade. Spatio-temporal analysis using geographical information systems identifies where new industrial and warehouse premises have been developed and examines spatial changes in the distribution of premises between the two sectors. The research focuses on the development of new large distribution warehouses (LDWs) to investigate whether there is a new pattern of warehouse premises located in close proximity to junctions on the national highway network. Findings confirm the emergence of a dynamic distribution warehouse property market where “super sheds” have been developed in areas with high levels of multi-modal connectivity. The comprehensive spatio-temporal analysis of all industrial and warehouse premises in England and Wales reconfigures the previously recognised Midlands “Golden Triangle” of distribution warehouses to a “Golden Pointer” and reveals the emergence of a rival “Northern Dumbbell” of distribution warehouse premises in the North of England. Further analysis using isochrones confirms that 85% of the population of Great Britain is situated within four hours average heavy goods vehicle drive time of these two concentrations of super sheds and over 60% of all LDWs floorspace is within 30 minutes’ drive of intermodal rail freight interchanges.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: distribution warehouses, drive time, England, GIS, industrial, logistics, motorways, multi-modal, spatio-temporal, Wales
Subjects: K900 Others in Architecture, Building and Planning
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Geography and Environmental Sciences
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2021 09:34
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2021 10:33
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47332

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