The specification that actually constrains you
Every industrial requirement has one or two binding constraints, and everything else is negotiable. Identifying them first turns a long search into a short one.
- Sanctioned power load — frequently the binding constraint, and slow and costly to increase.
- Clear bay height, which rules out buildings immediately for many processes.
- Floor loading capacity for heavy equipment or racked storage.
- Covered against open area, within the ground coverage and FAR permitted.
- Truck access and turning radius, including whether a trailer can get in at all.
- Water availability and effluent or drainage arrangements.
- Whether your activity is permitted in that industrial category.
Buying an allotted industrial plot
Industrial land here is largely allotted by the development authority on long lease under schemes carrying their own conditions, and those conditions survive a sale.
Allotments commonly carry obligations to begin construction and commence production within set periods, and restrictions on transfer before certain milestones are met. Resale happens routinely, but it is an application to the authority rather than a private agreement, and a plot with unmet conditions or accumulated dues can be a slow and expensive thing to inherit.
- Current standing with the authority, including any notice or pending condition.
- Outstanding lease rent and dues, which follow the plot.
- Whether extensions have been sought and on what basis.
- Whether the permitted activity covers what you intend to do.
- The transfer process, its requirements and a realistic timeline.
Warehousing specifically
- Clear height to the underside of the truss, not the ridge.
- Floor flatness and loading capacity for racking.
- Dock levellers, or the ground clearance to add them.
- Approach road width and the turning circle for the largest vehicle you will run.
- Fire compliance for the goods you intend to store.