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Gazeley and Harworth Estates have secured planning permission for an 850,000 sq ft rail connected warehouse at their G.Park Ashby de la Zouch joint venture in the East Midlands following a four year application process.

£9.4 billion will be invested in the UK’s rail network, including £200 million for the Strategic Freight Network. Transport secretary Justine Greening said: “These plans [are]… key to securing our country’s prosperity in the decades ahead.”

Rail freight moved, measured in tonne-km, was up ten per cent in the year to April, according to figures from the Office of Rail Regulation