A 9-metre-high underground warehouse has been approved by Hounslow Council on a 44-hectare site to the north-east of Heathrow airport. The site is to be built on currently disused land and is expected to open for business in 2022 and will help ease the shortage of industrial space in the area. At ground level there will be a public park including grass and all-weather sports pitches. When complete the new warehouse will provide additional capacity for the airport with easy access to the M4 and UK motorway network.

Work is expected to begin in 2019.

Photo: The project is designed to address the shortage of storage space around Heathrow.