Category: Self Storage News

Sunderland City Council has granted retrospective planning permission for a Pink Self Storage facility in Washington, Tyne and Wear, allowing the operator to continue using a former overspill car park near The Galleries Retail Park. The site features more than 150 Corten steel containers and is the operator’s 25th UK location. Planners cited reactivating long-vacant land and creating local jobs as factors in the decision. The case highlights the growing role of retrospective consent in establishing container storage sites on underused urban land. Read the Full Article Source: Sunderland Echo

Merthyr Tydfil Council has granted consent for a 52-container self-storage facility at Oakland Business Park, following a deferral and objections over tree loss, traffic, and works on neighbouring plots. Planning officers concluded the scheme met local development plan requirements, with landscaping proposed to mitigate landscape impact. The application highlights the planning challenges container storage operators can encounter on semi-rural and countryside-edge sites in Wales. Read the Full Article Source: Herald.Wales

Local operator Ewan Calder has submitted plans to convert a vacant Inverness bowling alley into a £2 million indoor self-storage facility. The scheme would offer units from 25 to 250 sq ft with digital access and mezzanine storage, and if approved, would represent the first fully indoor self-storage offering in the city — current local provision being limited to outdoor container sites. An opening in May 2027 is targeted, pending Highland Council planning consent and a building warrant. Read the Full Article Source: Project Scotland

Cactus Self Storage, launched in 2026 and owned by Martin’s Properties, has received planning permission for a 200-unit facility at Lime Kiln Close, Bristol. The two-storey, 23,395 sq ft scheme will offer a range of unit sizes and storage formats, with solar PV, EV charging, and cycle provision included. The site is due to open in early 2027, alongside a 300-unit facility already under construction in Didcot. The two consents reflect increasing developer interest in purpose-built, sustainability-rated storage in the South and South West. Read the Full Article Source: insider…

UK Storage Company has received planning permission for signage at its Cheltenham facility on Chosen View Road, following earlier consent for self-storage use and partial demolition of the former Buildbase site granted in October 2025. The conversion involves re-cladding, a mezzanine extension, and 74 external units providing 1,243 sqm of floorspace. Work is already underway. The scheme illustrates a continuing trend of redundant commercial premises being adapted for self-storage use across UK towns. Read the Full Article Source: PunchLine

Wakefield-based Caddick Construction has been appointed principal contractor for a new Big Yellow Self Storage facility on Scotswood Road in Newcastle, the operator’s second site in the city. The four-storey building will provide around 60,000 sq ft of internal storage space, along with loading bays, offices and staff facilities, and will incorporate solar panels and battery storage, with completion targeted for next summer and BREEAM ‘Very Good’ certification sought. The project adds to Caddick’s expanding North East portfolio, following its Durham office opening in 2025, and reflects Big Yellow’s continued…

One Click Storage has opened its second self-storage site, a 9,600 sq ft facility in Consett, County Durham, less than 18 months after launching its first. The purpose-built site includes CCTV monitoring and PIN-controlled access, and was officially opened by Durham County Council leader Andrew Husband. The company has further expansion planned across County Durham and into Gateshead. The opening comes amid broader growth in the UK self-storage sector, which expanded by five per cent over the past year to 67.5 million sq ft, with the North East market noted…

A planning application submitted to Wolverhampton Council proposes building a 17,000 sq ft Storage Giant self-storage facility, alongside office space, 36 parking spaces and a Starbucks drive-thru, on the site of the former Strykers bowling alley in Shaw Road, Bushbury. The bowling alley was destroyed by fire in December 2013, shortly after closing, and the site has remained vacant since, having previously been the subject of a withdrawn Lidl supermarket proposal in 2023. The application states the scheme would retain employment use on the land and bring the long-vacant, overgrown…

Cuboid Self Storage has opened three new facilities in Langley Mill, St Helens and Stoke-on-Trent, bringing its total number of UK locations to 42, with further openings planned later this year. The sites, on Station Road, Jackson Street and Hillcrest Street respectively, form part of the company’s approach of converting disused or underused sites into storage facilities. Each location offers 20ft containers with more than 1,100 cubic feet of space, aimed at homeowners, businesses and tradespeople, with gated access, CCTV monitoring and lock-and-key security. The expansion reflects continued demand for…

BOCS Storfa Self Storage has opened a new facility at Unit B, Parc Bryn Llwyd, on the former Ferranti site in Bangor, marking the launch with a community event attended by local residents and businesses. The site offers storage units for domestic and commercial customers across North Wales, including house moves, renovations, business stock and student storage. As part of the opening, the company made a £1,000 donation to local charity Happy Faces. The launch adds another occupier to the former Ferranti site, which has undergone continued redevelopment in recent…