A lease measured in generations, not budget cycles.

Every zone in the portfolio is offered on the same 50-year structure. It exists for one reason: to let heavy, long-lived investment be planned on a horizon that matches the assets, not the lease.

The structure

Fifty years, three phases

Phase 1 · EstablishmentYears 1–15

Phase 2 · ConsolidationYears 16–35

Phase 3 · MaturityYears 36–50

OCCUPATIONYEAR 15YEAR 35YEAR 50 · RENEWAL REVIEW

The 50-year lease as an offer structure. Detailed lease terms → lease terms page.

Phase 1 · Establish15 yrs

Site occupation, first buildings, customs-controlled area stand-up. Building allowance runs hardest here — full write-off inside the phase.

Phase 2 · Consolidate20 yrs

The longest phase. Expansion, second lines, corridor traffic maturing. Assets from Phase 1 reach mid-life; reinvestment compounds.

Phase 3 · Mature15 yrs

Repowering and renewal. First-cycle assets retire and rebuild on the same footprint, ahead of the year-50 renewal review.

The arithmetic

Why the horizon changes the return

A ten-year lease forces you to recover heavy capital in ten years, or gamble on renewal. Fifty years lets the same capital be spread across its true working life — and lets a second investment cycle happen without moving site, re-permitting, or renegotiating tenure at the worst possible moment.

The chart shows the same building cost recovered over three lease lengths. On a 50-year lease, annual recovery pressure is a fraction of the short-lease case — capital that would service tenure risk goes into the business instead.

Capital recovery pressureSame asset, 3 leases

10-year leaseHigh

25-year leaseModerate

50-year leaseLow

Illustrative — annual recovery burden falls as tenure lengthens. Not a financial projection.

Tenure questions

Why 50 years and not the usual 10 or 25?

Industrial and energy assets amortise over 25–30 years. A 50-year lease covers a full asset life plus a repowering or expansion cycle on the same footprint, which shorter leases force you to renegotiate mid-investment.

What are the three phases?

15 years, then 20, then 15. Establishment, consolidation, maturity — with a renewal review at year 50.

What happens at year 50?

A renewal review, per the lease structure. The specific renewal mechanics are confirmed in the lease documentation released with the client data pack.

One enquiry, routed once.

You send one enquiry. The platform routes it to the zone authority within one working day; the authority responds within five. No form-chasing across multiple websites.

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