Redevelopment of existing warehouse buildings at HT Drinks Ltd.

Above: Warehouse buildings on Gorst Road

HT Drinks are located on 31 -37 Park Royal Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 7LQ.

They operate a Cash and Carry distribution warehousing business for all types of beverages.

They supply to convenience shops nationally and to the national supermarket chain likes of Aldi, Asda, Lidl and Wetherspoons. The Group turns around approx. £300 million annually.

They have been operating from Park Royal Road for the last 25 years. Business is in growth at the group / company and hence they are looking to expand the business operations to meet the ever-growing consumer demands and to stay ahead of their competition.

Above: The current warehouse

HT Drinks are seeking to refurbish and redevelop the distribution warehouse at 46 - 50 Gorst Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 6LD. This proposal will also provide improvements to the Standard Road frontage with improved car and van parking, landscaping and outdoor staff amenity space. The fully redeveloped facility will become a distribution warehouse centre providing more storage space, improved logistics facilities and improved staff facilities.

The re-development will provide warehousing space of around 28000 sq.ft on the Ground Floor and Office space of 7400 sq.ft on the First Floor. Upon the expansion of the group operations the office space will be needed for the administrative department, meeting rooms and board room.

Above: Warehouse buildings on Gorst Road

Gorst Road is a one-way street; the proposed Warehouse design layout has been designed in such a way the façade bears 2 roller shutter openings each measuring a width of 11.5m which would allow a 16m articulated truck to enter from the shutter at 50 Gorst Road and exit from the other roller shutter at 46 Gorst Road. Gorst Road is narrow and does not allow enough space for lorries and trucks to be loaded and un-loaded. The proposed design layout allows for minimum of two articulated lorries to be loaded / unloaded at the same time. This will avoid the queuing of lorries and trucks on Gorst Road.

Above: The proposed elevation plan

The first floor contains a few open plan administrative offices and managing & Operations director’s offices. Staff Welfare and hygiene facilities are also located on this floor. The roof design incorporates PV panels and roof lights to provide natural light in the premises. The development will create jobs not only during construction but also after the warehousing distribution centre has been built.

When operational, the HT Group anticipates creating 50 full-time jobs at the company's expanded operations.