Supporting the local economy in Basingstoke
Our plans for Basingstoke Gateway are designed with the local economy in mind, delivering jobs, growth and supporting supply chains.
Jobs for local people
Basingstoke Gateway will deliver over 1,000 jobs on site for local people across logistics, operations, administration and technical roles, at a range of skill levels and career stages.
More than half of those roles, 566 positions, will be professional or highly skilled, offering long-term career opportunities rather than short-term work. Infrastructure and logistics jobs in the Southeast pay on average £4,800 more per year than other sectors, making these genuinely valuable roles for local households.
The site is within a 30-minute drive of 493,000 working-age people, meaning the jobs created here are directly accessible to the existing Basingstoke workforce.
Construction jobs and local supply chains
Before a single job is created on site, the construction phase itself will generate 380 jobs, with opportunities for local contractors and businesses across the supply chain.
Newlands is committed to maximising local procurement, giving small and medium-sized businesses in Basingstoke and the surrounding area the chance to be directly involved in delivering the scheme.
Long-term economic investment
Basingstoke Gateway will generate an estimated £39 million in business rate income to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council through to 2042, providing a sustained long-term contribution to local public services and investment.
The scheme also includes £1.5 million invested in a new limited-stop bus service, improving connectivity for residents and workers across the area.
Skills, training and apprenticeships
Through our established partnerships with Basingstoke College of Technology and the M3 Job Club, we are working to ensure local people can access the training, skills and support they need to take up the opportunities this development will create.
Our Employment & Skills Plan, already secured through the planning consent, sets out how these commitments will be delivered. That plan is unchanged and will be delivered in full.
We take a long-term approach to every site we deliver, supporting local jobs, apprenticeships and skills, partnering with community groups, and directing the majority of our spending to local businesses. Our 2025/26 Social Value Annual Report, produced with Fusion21, sets out what this looks like in practice.
Meeting a proven local need
There is a clear, evidenced need for logistics space in Basingstoke. The Council’s own 2025 Economic Needs Assessment identifies a substantial shortfall, with the need for storage and distribution floorspace in the borough rising to around 177,000 sqm. Basingstoke Gateway directly addresses that gap, on a site already recognised and approved as the right location for this type of development.
