About the project
We plan to develop a 40-hectare series of low-carbon greenhouses on previously quarried land at Bradwell, to the Eastof Braintree, Essex.
The big idea
Our plan
The quarry offers a unique situation, where waste heat and CO2 can be utilised by the greenhouses. We will do this through a collaboration with the Indaver Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF),which is currently under construction.
The Rivenhall Greenhouse will provide 420 full-time jobs and 80 part time jobs, along with injecting circa £300 million into the Braintree economy from full-time salaries in the first 20 years of operation. With this, the construction phase will inject circa £4.14 million into the local hospitality sector.
Once operational the greenhouse will provide an annual injection of circa £600,000 into local agriculture supply businesses, whilst producing 28,194 tonnes of tomatoes per year. This would offset 7.1% of UK tomato imports from Southern Spain, Morocco and Holland.
The greenhouse delivers an operational blueprint for Essex County Council and Braintree District Council’s respective climate change strategies.
40-hectare
greenhouses
28,194 tonnes
of tomatoes produced per year
£4.14 million
injected into the local hospitality sector
7.1% offset
of UK tomato imports
