Pets at Home, Stafford, UK

SGP designed a practical and flexible base build for the national storage and distribution centre, which will accommodate approximately 400 Pets at Home employees. A three-storey, 45,000 sqft office projects from the corner of the warehouse, housing the main entrance with windows and doors highlighted in Pets at Home green

Client

Stoford Properties Ltd
Services

Architecture • BIM • Social Responsibility
Sectors

Industrial
Year Completed

2023
Region

Stafford, UK
Size

62,278 sqm (670,366 sqft)
Contractor

McLaren Construction

James Nicholls

Managing Partner

Jay Silva

Principal Architect

Alan Soper

Studio Director

SGP designed a practical and flexible base build for the national storage and distribution centre, which will accommodate approximately 400 Pets at Home employees when complete. A three-storey, 45,000 sqft office projects from the corner of the warehouse, housing the main entrance with windows and doors highlighted in Pets at Home green.

Although we were already working with Stoford Developments on the Masterplan for the site, our design is bespoke to Pets at Home’s needs with the base build design being handled by our team in Leicester and our specialist interiors team in Leeds creating a concept and detailed design for the interior.

The external amenity spaces also incorporated elements that were unusual and individual to Pets at Home’s requirements. A dedicated pet walking area was included in addition to a mile-long circular pedestrian walking path along the circumference of the site. The walk makes the most of natural and man-made features, passing by a section of wetland and wet woodland – a Site of Biological Importance (SBI) – as well as skirting a balancing pond. A staff picnic area also encourages staff to take breaks in the fresh air.