Category: Development News

A new self-storage park will help people whose smaller, modern homes do not have enough space for their belongings. West Norfolk council has given 1st Self Storage planning permission for the two-acre facility off Edward Benefer Way, near the St Nicholas Retail Park. Planning papers say it will consist of 48 full-size container units, 16 half-size units, 16 quarter-size units and two utility storage units. In a planning statement, the firm’s agents say as well as businesses and self-employed tradespeople, the units will also be available for private use. “There…

  The old Debenhams department store building – empty for three-and-a-half years – will be brought back into use after plans for a self-storage facility were approved. The flagship department store closed in June 2020 and now Away Storage Ltd has been given permission to convert the building, which fronts onto Fleming Way and also The Parade in the pedestrianised part of the centre, into what it calls an ‘urban self-storage’ centre. There will still be four shop units made available for use by other businesses in the part of…

A prominent former car dealership in Wiltshire could be demolished and replaced with a new three-storey self-storage facility. The Islington Vauxhall Garage on the A4 Bath Road into Chippenham, near the Methuen Park roundabout, closed earlier this year. In August, the site was bought by Cinch Self Storage which has unveiled a plan to demolish the existing garage building and construct a purpose-built self-storage facility. This proposal is currently in its early stages, and the firm has launched a consultation website to gather feedback from residents ahead of finalising a…

January 2024 marks the official launch of Stowable (stowable.co.uk), a new valet by-the-box storage service. The brainchild of James and Jen Mugleston, husband-and-wife team, Stowable is dedicated to simplifying storage for individuals and businesses throughout the UK. Committed to flexibility, superior customer service, and environmental responsibility, the company introduces a new approach to storage solutions. At the heart of Stowable is its dashboard, a powerful tool connecting individual storage boxes to customers’ accounts through a Unique Box Identifier QR code (UID). These UIDs are also utilised in the warehouse to…

Store More – storemore.co.uk – originally opened eight years ago in Hull but has since launched sites in Wrexham and Mansfield. Its Mansfield self-storage site is located at the former Wickes building on Chesterfield Road South. The building was also used as a vaccination centre during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The site is now home to the family-owned storage company, offering storage spaces in what is to become a 30,000 square feet storage space. Katie Garfoot, site manager at Mansfield, said: “We are delighted to join the community.…

A self-storage facility with more than 100 containers could be opening in Kilmarnock. Plans have been lodged to build a facility at Moorfield North Industrial Estate, next to MKM Building supplies and across from Braehead Foods/Cook School Scotland. The tarmacked site would host 108 containers in total with 78 of those being huge shipping containers measuring 20ft x 8ft. The other 30 would be smaller, measuring in at 10ft x 8ft. HMC Holdings – a family business operating for more than 100 years – is the firm behind the blueprints,…

Shipping containers are to be used on a Wimborne site for a self-storage business. Dorset Council has approved the use of 41 containers on the western section of the Davids of Wimborne Ltd roofing business site at the Stone Lane industrial estate. The planning consent includes the demolition of a large storage unit, offices and a garage to make way for the self-storage proposal, using standard 20-foot containers. Eighteen residents from Walford Gardens, Farmers Walk and Stone Lane raised concerns about additional traffic, noise and pollution from the development, one…

New trade and warehouse units for occupiers including Greggs and self-storage operator Sure Store are taking shape at Prime Park in Great Barr, Birmingham. The steels are up, and the roofs are going on at the speculative development of 10 energy-efficient units totaling 72,000 sq ft. Legal & General’s specialist industrial fund IPIF and Prime Box are responsible for the scheme situated on 3.4 acres of brownfield land on Hamstead Hill near the new Lidl food store. KWB’s Kenny Allan, one of the agents marketing the site, said: “Progress is…

Redsun Projects has started work on a 70,000 sq ft mixed-use development at the Croft Retail Park in Bromborough. Funded by a £5.2 Million loan from Merseyside Pension Fund, the scheme will comprise two drive-through cafes/restaurants to be delivered by Gastronomy Food UK, four trade counter units and a self-storage facility that is being sold to LokNStore. Caddick Construction has started work on-site and the first phase is due to be completed by June next year. A further phase of development will come forward at a later date. The project…