Frasers Group has been given planning backing for its new 275-acre headquarters in Ansty in Rugby, Warwickshire, potentially making it the biggest facility of its kind in the UK.

Reports said a local council committee ruling showed the economic benefits of the build would outweigh any negative the impact on the county’s green belt. ​Frasers bought the farmland for £53.5 million three years ago.

The proposed facility consists of five warehouses totalling 3.3m sq ft, a space to test retail concepts, offices, a training academy with classrooms and an auditorium, a gym/swimming pool and other sports facilities, a nursery, multi-storey car parks, a helipad, and a 100-bed hotel.

Reported benefits from the site include “a potential £69 million economic boost to the UK, and potential support for up to 750 additional stores with 11,000 new jobs across Britain”. A 10% boost to the nearby Rugby economy is also anticipated.

Planning officers said: “The totality of the economic, environmental and social benefits have been considered and the totality of the benefits clearly outweigh the combined weight of the harm to the green belt and any other harm, including the retail and landscape harm [and] heritage harm.

“National economic benefits hold substantial weight in the balance.”

Plans for the new headquarters were met with 194 letters of objection and just one in favour.