Grangemouth, Forth Green Freeport

Accelerating Scotland's Industrial Future.

Secure your plot on a fully serviced industrial site with Forth Green Freeport benefits. Plug-and-play utilities with up to 20 years of CPI-linked energy pricing, on-site hazardous waste treatment, facility management and 24/7 gated security get you operational in months, not years.

Aerial view of the Earls Gate site in Grangemouth, outlined in green

85 acres

Industrial footprint

800+

New jobs announced

20 years

CPI-linked energy pricing

An integrated operational package that empowers innovation.

At Earls Gate, you have everything you need to be fully operational, promising peace of mind and the certainty to scale with confidence.

Forth Green Freeport benefits apply.

Combined with Earls Gate's existing permits and shared infrastructure, the time-to-operation is compressed from years to months.

On certain plots you may qualify for

  • Business-rates relief
  • Enhanced capital allowances
  • NIC relief on new hires

Connect in 6 months.

Rather than applying for individual grid connections and building your own utilities, new plot-buyers plug straight into an established shared infrastructure already distributed across the estate.

  • Electricity
  • Steam
  • Nitrogen
  • Compressed air
  • Water
  • Effluent Treatment Plant
  • Waste Transfer Station
  • Gatehouse: 24/7 security with CCTV
  • Reception: Visitors and deliveries
  • Incident response
  • IT connectivity
Earls Gate Utilities

Grid electricity, steam, water, nitrogen and compressed air distributed across the estate.

Earls Gate Waste Treatment

On-site effluent treatment and Waste Transfer Station, with aqueous effluent piped straight from your plot.

Earls Gate Industrial Services

Reception, security, incident response, facilities management and IT. Outsource the site, keep the process.

Your plot at Earls Gate: tailored, serviced, buildable.

Plots sized and serviced to match your process, from a small bolt-on footprint to a full process-plant footprint with pipe-bridge and road access.

Site plan of the Earls Gate Innovation Complex in Grangemouth with the development plots

Development plots, 12 plots, approximate areas

North Side

  • Plots 1 and 2: c. 7.9 acres (3.2 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 3: c. 4.5 acres (1.8 ha), non-Freeport land
  • North Side Development Slab: c. 1.0 acres (0.4 ha), Freeport land
  • North Side Greenfield Plot: c. 1.5 acres (0.6 ha), non-Freeport land

South Side

  • Plot 4: c. 3.0 acres (1.2 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 5: c. 3.6 acres (1.5 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 6: c. 3.1 acres (1.3 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 7: c. 2.7 acres (1.1 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 14: c. 2.0 acres (0.8 ha), Freeport land
  • Plot 11: c. 2.1 acres (0.8 ha), Freeport land
  • South Side Greenfield Plot: c. 0.9 acres (0.4 ha), non-Freeport land

Facilities

  • Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP): Our own plant on site, operated 24/7
  • Earls Gate Energy Centre (EfW): Energy from waste plant next door, supplying the site with power and steam

A century of Scottish industrial know-how.

CalaChem operates the site end-to-end, delivering estate management, utilities, effluent treatment, security and incident response services.

Existing infrastructure such as pipe bridges, sub-stations and permits is open to new industrial tenants with Forth Green Freeport incentives.

Aerial view of the North Site and South Site at Earls Gate

South Site

North Site

Join other high-value industries at Earls Gate.

We are home to tenants operating in pharma, biotech, and sustainable chemical manufacturing, with 800+ Scottish jobs created on the site.

800+

New jobs announced by flagship tenants at Earls Gate, in highly innovative industries.

Pharma CDMO

Piramal Pharma Solutions

Global contract development and manufacturing partner to leading pharma and biotech companies, operating API and drug-product services from Grangemouth.

Sustainable Omega-3 Biotech

MiAlgae

Scottish biotech scaling a major algal omega-3 production facility at Earls Gate, using co-products from Scotch whisky distilleries as feedstock.

Bio-Based Chemicals

Celtic Renewables

Industrial-scale bio-refinery turning low-value organic residues into sustainable chemicals and biofuels.

Energy from Waste

Earls Gate Energy Centre

An Energy from Waste (EfW) and CHP plant, a joint venture backed by Brockwell Energy among others, providing steam and electricity to neighbouring industrial users on the site.

Crop Protection

Syngenta

Global agri-science leader with long-standing manufacturing operations at Grangemouth, producing crop-protection products for international markets.

A 30-minute feasibility call gets your plot started.

A direct conversation about your process, footprint and timeline. We will get back to you shortly.