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This week, Haverhill’s mayor, Jacqueline Rudd, officially marked the completion of the first phase of landscaping at Carisbrooke’s Haverhill Business Park, by planting the final tree on the development.

The landscaping programme saw attractive avenues being created with 50 semi-mature English oak trees planted along the Bumpstead Road, and 76 hornbeam trees on the newly named Phoenix Road.

Jacqueline Rudd, mayor of Haverhill said: “I very much welcome Carisbrooke to the town. The development of this site will not only provide further employment opportunities but, as already demonstrated by the move of Percy Daltons to the site, will increase Haverhill's reputation nationally. It is encouraging that Carisbrooke, by the planting of these trees is demonstrating its commitment to developing a site which is not only visually attractive but also contributes to the environment.”

Paul Bird, development director of Carisbrooke said: “We are pleased that mayor Jacqueline Rudd could take part in the final tree planting ceremony; at Carisbrooke we are committed to involving all of the community in the development of the business park, and the aim of our extensive landscaping programme is to create an environment which is both beneficial to the local community and those businesses relocating here.”

The site, which straddles the Suffolk and Essex border, has potential for 92,902 sq m (1m sq ft) of mixed-use development including industrial warehousing, offices and research facilities, along with a roadside restaurant, and a petrol filling station.

Joint letting agents for the site are Cambridge-based Carter Jonas and London-based Rumsey & Partners.