The following tips will be invaluable if you are just looking for a suitable location for your investment. They can also help you verify the idea of building an industrial hall on land you already own.
Can an industrial plant be built on the plot?
First, check the MPZP (Local Spatial Development Plan). You can review it at the municipal office. If the plot is located in an urban area, you need to go to the city office. The spatial development plan contains all information about permitted development.
What should you do if no MPZP has been established for the area? In that case, you need to obtain a decision on development conditions. You do not have to be the property owner to do this. Unfortunately, a decision cannot always be issued. In such a case, it is better to abandon the purchase and look for suitable land elsewhere.
How will you plan logistics?
This is not only about ensuring that the construction crew can reach the building site without difficulty. It also matters whether your employees will be able to easily get to the new building, as well as how complicated the logistics of manufactured goods will be. Well-developed road infrastructure will reduce not only the cost of carrying out the investment. It will also ensure lower expenses during its subsequent operation.
Production facilities and the shape of the building plot
The matter is fairly straightforward. If your plot is roughly rectangular, you immediately gain an advantage. You are not building an art museum, which can be filled with sharp angles. You want to use every part of the production hall. Right angles will make this easier.
The Building Law clearly specifies the distance between the walls of a planned building and the plot boundaries. Therefore, instead of considering only the area of the land, check how large an industrial facility can be built there.
Utilities. When do they become a problem?
A serviced plot has direct access to a public road. Basic utilities such as electricity, water, gas and sewage are connected to it. If the land is not serviced, you need to find out where the connections for the individual utilities are located. Extending them always means an additional cost. Sometimes the expense is not substantial. However, it can happen that such an expense exceeds the purchase price of the land.
When choosing land for construction, think about development opportunities
You probably have a fairly clear idea of the production facility you want to invest in at this point. However, you need to consider now what you may need in the future. What will happen in 5, 10 or 15 years if you build your industrial plant while using a substantial percentage of the site? The prices of nearby land will probably rise. There is no guarantee that it will be possible to purchase it at all.
That is why it can sometimes be worth investing a little more in the land itself, thereby ensuring lower costs in the future.