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Newhaven Enterprise Zone

Key growth hub for the South East

With opportunities for bespoke development, business rate relief and no pre-application charges for planning enquiries, Newhaven is a place with great potential for businesses to succeed. 

Newhaven offers substantial physical capacity for growth. Comprising eight sites, Newhaven Enterprise Zone covers approximately 79 hectares, offering space to house the region’s expanding high-growth businesses and excellent access to domestic and international markets. London is just 90-minutes away by train and Brighton is only 30 minutes by car or train. 

Newhaven is home to a growing and diverse economy with an emerging specialism in innovative, high-value growth sectors including offshore wind and marine engineering. Alongside this emerging specialism, Newhaven is also home to a large number of creative industries and innovative manufacturers. 

Newhaven’s Enterprise Zone is forecast to create and safeguard up to 2,000 jobs, as well as creating significant new and refurbished commercial floor space for emerging occupiers.

Newhaven Enterprise Zone is led by Lewes District Council and South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP).

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Robinson House Studio

Founded by Marc Fish, Robinson House Studio is a school of contemporary furniture making offering courses in furniture design, making, cabinet making and woodworking.

XO Zoas and Corals

Coral aquaculture business based at Enterprise Works. Purveyors of the finest zoanthid and marine coral for aquariums, supplying hobbyists around the world with low to high-end rare corals.

Boutique Modern

Award-winning full-service modular building company. Offering in-house design, manufacture and installation services and specialist consultation.

E:ON

The operations and maintenance base for E.ON's £1.3bn Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is in Newhaven. The wind farm is situated 13km off the Sussex coast.

Surrey Nanosystems

Vantablack has attracted worldwide media attention. The creators of the blackest material known to man impacting aerospace, electronics, defence & even the art world, relocated from Surrey.

Quintessence Fragrances

Creative fragrance house established in 1982 when it helped Anita Roddick set up The Body Shop. Specialists in wholesale R&D fragrance design, producing over 100,000 kilos of fragrances a month.

Foodhaven Bakery

Launched 2015, produces artisan bread for its six Bake Out cafes in Sussex. Winners of Britain's Best Loaf 2018 at the British Baker Awards for its white seeded sourdough.

TinTab

Experts in providing contemporary, bespoke design & manufacturing services, working across furniture, architecture & interior design disciplines.

Felcon

Operating worldwide, specialist designer and manufacturer of clean-room, lab and hospital equipment to client specification.

ValetPro

Developers of pH neutral car wash products and leaders in their field, they are a fast-growing manufacturer that ships worldwide based within the Newhaven Enterprise Zone.

King and McGaw

Art publisher & online retailer and wholesale framers supplies prints & products to shops, museums, galleries and direct to customers. Production is based at its 50,000 sq ft factory in Newhaven.

Mamoosh Deli

Mamoosh specialises in artisan pitta bread along with other Middle Eastern Food. Based in Enterprise Works. Sells directly to customers and wholesale to pubs, cafe and caterers.

Gossypium

Yoga clothing manufacturer using only natural and organic fabrics. Designed and made at their space at Enterprise Works.

Surrey Nanosystems

You might have heard of Vantablack, the blackest material known to man, but you probably didn't know that its inventors, contrary to their moniker, are based in Newhaven.

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Town centre regeneration

A major revamp of the town centre including 110 new affordable homes is in the pipeline. Over £500,000 has been agreed by Lewes District Council towards the scheme, which is expected to create more than 100 new jobs.

As part of the scheme, shoppers will be able to park free of charge for short periods in two of the town’s multi-storey car parks. The scheme is expected to focus on three council-owned sites: Newhaven Square Shopping Centre, the Seahaven Swim and Fitness Centre and the Lower Place Car Park.

Across the three sites, the council is working with commercial operators to build a range of developments including a 69-bedroom hotel, a supermarket and a new community health and leisure centre.

Newhaven Enterprise Zone FAQs

What is an Enterprise Zone?

Enterprise Zones are designated areas across England that provide tax breaks and Government support for growth. Businesses locating to Enterprise Zones benefit from up to 100% business rate relief over a five-year period and simplified local authority planning for certain developments within the EZ area.

Why does Newhaven have Enterprise Zone status?

Newhaven is a coastal port town ready for regeneration with capacity for growth. The area has large brownfield sites located close to the port, waterfront and town centre. This level of space for development is unusual compared to other coastal towns in the UK and puts Newhaven in an advantageous position for being close to London and international markets. 

What are the travel times from Newhaven to London or Brighton?

Trains to Brighton typically takes half an hour, 90 minutes to London Victoria with a change at Lewes. Travelling to the centre of Brighton by car only takes 30 minutes, whilst to get to London Gatwick airport it takes 45mins.

What available space is there?

With the capacity to deliver up to 750,000 sq ft of commercial development (both new and refurbished) and a total site area across eight sites (including the town centre) of approximately 80 hectares. Please see the map below that lays out the Enterprise Zone areas within the town.

For current information in regards to a particular site within the Enterprise Zone or the particular facilities, please get in touch.

Newhaven Enterprise Zone

Town Centre

Newhaven has been shortlisted for the next round of a £675 million Government fund. Newhaven is joined by 50 other towns through to the second phase of the Future High Street Fund to transform high streets, out of around 300 towns that applied.

This bid is the latest step in Lewes District Council’s regeneration plans for the town, following the designation of Newhaven as an Enterprise Zone in 2017 and £30 million of investment attracted since then. The council will work up detailed project proposals for submission in April 2020 based on their initial plans.  These will focus on the changing nature of the town centre and the transition of Newhaven’s high street to a more valuable economic and social role. 

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Eastside South Business Park

With phase 2 of Eastside Business Park underway, there are many adaptable units ready for occupation.

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East Quay

Home to E:on Rampion Site Office for Rampion Off-Shore Wind Farm, Newhaven Port is already well established with new space emerging for support services and businesses looking towards exporting and engineering.

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Newhaven Port

Newhaven is the county’s port town and sits between Brighton and Eastbourne, providing a vital trade and tourist link to mainland Europe and beyond. The Port transports 250,000 passengers and 200,000 tonnes of freight cargo to Dieppe each year.

It is the only passenger ferry service between Dover and Portsmouth with two crossings a day to Dieppe. Newhaven itself has a wealth of commercial space including the Newhaven Enterprise Centre, providing high-quality furnished offices, workshops, and larger incubator units for start-up businesses on short flexible terms located on Denton Island.

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