Chancerygate submits 153,000ft² logistics scheme at Coleshill

Chancerygate has submitted plans for a speculative 153,000ft² Grade A urban logistics development at Hams Hall, Coleshill. The Faraday7 proposal comprises seven leasehold units ranging from 12,000ft² to 47,000ft², putting a substantial new block of West Midlands warehousing supply into planning.

The range of unit sizes gives the scheme some flexibility for different occupier requirements, from a 12,000ft² unit to a 47,000ft² building. That is a design choice, not evidence of demand: the announcement names no tenants and provides no booking commitments.

North Warwickshire Borough Council will now consider the application. For occupiers, that distinction matters: the scheme has an announced specification and developer ambition, but no confirmed tenants, rents or delivery timetable in the announcement.

What does this change for shippers, carriers and forwarders?

For shippers and logistics occupiers, the near-term effect is a proposed addition to the region’s industrial space, not an announced change in transport capacity. Every unit at Faraday7 would include electric vehicle charging points, while the roofs would carry solar panels. The units would also have enhanced roof lighting for natural daylight and high-performance building materials intended to reduce CO2 emissions.

The buildings target an Energy Performance Certificate ‘A’ rating and BREEAM ‘Excellent’. Those specifications could matter to occupiers combining warehouse operations with fleet electrification, although the announcement provides no leasing costs, tenant commitments or forecast energy savings. The infrastructure list is broad; the commercial terms remain thin.

For carriers and forwarders, the commercial value lies in potential occupier demand rather than committed freight volumes. No truck movements, freight rates or port calls accompany the submission, so it cannot yet support a forecast of added haulage work or congestion. The sensible reading is future logistics floor space, subject to planning and letting.

Developer and ownership

Chancerygate changed hands in August 2026, when Dream, the Toronto-headquartered global real estate asset manager, acquired the developer. The combined business describes itself as one of Europe’s leading vertically integrated urban industrial operators, with around 27 million ft² managed and under development.

That scale gives the proposed 153,000ft² scheme a defined place in a much larger European development and management platform. It does not, however, turn an unlet planning submission into operating capacity. For a shipper choosing between sites, location and fit still matter more than a parent company’s portfolio headline.

The developer’s case

Chancerygate senior development manager Rob Watts said:

“Our proposed Faraday7 development will provide high specification, sustainable accommodation for a diverse range of occupiers at Hams Hall.

This is one of the premier sites in the West Midlands, thanks to already being an established industrial location and having excellent connectivity to the region’s key arterial routes.”

He added:

“We now look forward to North Warwickshire Borough Council considering our proposed plans, which will help satisfy the demand within the locality for new Grade A urban logistics space.”

Watts’s case rests on Hams Hall’s established industrial setting and connectivity to regional arterial routes. His final point is a demand argument: the council should see the project as a response to local need for Grade A urban logistics space. The announcement offers no take-up evidence to test that claim.

For occupiers, the commercial test is straightforward: whether the specification and location justify the cost. The announcement gives no rents or delivery dates, so that arithmetic remains unfinished.

For shippers and forwarders, the useful signal will be signed leases and an approved development schedule, not a sustainability checklist. Until both happen, any claim of extra supply would run ahead of the evidence.

The next checkpoint is North Warwickshire Borough Council’s consideration. A planning submission is a proposal, not a delivery notice; until approval and occupation follow, Faraday7 remains proposed logistics capacity, not occupied warehouse space.