Planning permission secured for development of new Whitby office scheme

The Mulgrave Estate has been granted planning permission for nearly 7,000 sq ft of new office accommodation in a semi-rural location to the north of Whitby.

Former diary buildings are set to be converted into five new office suites, ranging in size from 613 sq ft to 3,121 sq ft, at the Ayrshire Buildings, Mulgrave Castle, on the Mulgrave Estate, a 15,000 acre estate, running from the coast to the North York Moors, just north of Whitby.

Dodds Brown, the Middlesbrough-based independent commercial property consultancy, has been appointed to market the new office space which will be ready for occupation from April 2019.

Richard Wilson, associate partner at Dodds Brown and letting agent for the Ayrshire Buildings at Mulgrave Castle, said: “There is limited office accommodation for businesses in the town centre and particularly to the north of Whitby with business owners having to look as far away as Teesside for readily available office space.

“Accessed from the A174 through the village of Lythe, the Ayrshire Buildings at Mulgrave Castle will provide high quality office space in an attractive landscaped semi-rural setting. This is a rare opportunity for existing and new local businesses to be based in the highly desirable grounds of Mulgrave Castle, one of Yorkshire’s Great Estates.

Richard added: “The new office scheme will benefit from demand created by the development of Sirius Minerals’ potash mine on the North Yorks moors near Sneatonthorpe and from Dalby’s Offshore Renewable Energy Centre at Endeavour Wharf in Whitby.

“Associated businesses will be looking for office accommodation, but we also believe that there will be interest from businesses in tourism, agriculture, rural crafts and professional services too.”

The new offices will benefit from comfort cooling, superfast broadband, a shared meeting room, and more than 50 car parking spaces.

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