{"id":2168,"date":"2024-05-10T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2024-07-04T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:57:46","slug":"car-dealer-site-makes-way-for-self-storage-complex-on-herald-avenue-in-earlsdon-coventry-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/car-dealer-site-makes-way-for-self-storage-complex-on-herald-avenue-in-earlsdon-coventry-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Dealer Site Makes Way For Self-Storage Complex on Herald Avenue in Earlsdon, Coventry (England)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2170\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2170\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cardealer_Art-660x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cardealer_Art-660x365.png 660w, https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cardealer_Art-840x465.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist&#8217;s impression reveals the detail discussed in a council report.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Plans have been given the go-ahead for a self-storage facility and six business units to replace a boarded-up, former car dealership.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The old Citroen showroom on Herald Avenue in Earlsdon, Coventry, is set to be knocked down despite concerns about the size of the redevelopment scheme.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A council report said the new buildings would look bulkier than the existing complex, and take up more space.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Officers also raised concerns over the height of the blocks \u2013 mainly the four-storey self-storage space \u2013 but the plans were approved by councilors on Thursday. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The report had also noted the proposed scheme was 33m (108 feet) from terraced homes on Tile Hill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The height of the new building would be almost double that of the current one \u2013 increasing from 7.6m (25 feet) to 15m (48 feet) at the tallest point. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Officers said, however, it was unlikely they could defend refusal based solely on the building\u2019s height upon an appeal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">They recommended measures such as planting and a checkerboard design to mitigate the impact of the new structure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">They also noted the wider economic benefits of the scheme and said no neighbours had objected to the plans. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Adapting the current building was not cost effective, they added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Their report recommended approval, stating the scheme would create job opportunities and make use of an empty brownfield site.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a 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The old Citroen showroom on Herald Avenue in Earlsdon, Coventry, is set to be knocked down despite concerns about the size of the redevelopment scheme. A council report said the new buildings would look bulkier than the existing complex, and take up more space. Officers also raised concerns over the height of the blocks \u2013 mainly the four-storey self-storage space \u2013 but the plans were approved by councilors on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}