Dalcross Industrial Estate, Inverness Airport Business Park
Dalcross Industrial Estate is on Inverness Airport Business Park (IABP) is adjacent to Inverness Airport. Passenger growth has increased over the past 10 years, making it one of the fastest growing and dynamic airports in the UK. Both IABP and the Airport are located on the A96 trunk road 6 miles east of Inverness, an attractive City of 60,000 people centred on the River Ness. Inverness achieved City status in 2001 and is the administrative centre for the Highlands. Inverness Airport carriers provide services to Gatwick, Luton, Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham and international flights to such locations as Zurich and Dusseldorf. IABP is also adjacent to the rail network with a proposed rail link and park and ride within the site. The network provides a link to Aberdeen in the east and via Inverness to the cities of Scotland’s Central Belt and beyond. It is expected that around 350,000 sq m (3.76m sq ft) of accommodation will be developed for a mixture of business and industrial, together with support facilities such as hotels, conferencing, retail and other amenities. The masterplan allows for the following permitted uses:- 213,000 sq m of business / office 72,000 sq m of general industrial 24,000 sq m of storage / distribution 25,000 sq m of hotel and conferencing 11,000 sq m of offices services, eg crèche, support, retail etc