{"id":2688,"date":"2025-07-31T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:59:29","slug":"self-storage-business-given-green-light-for-former-printworks-site-in-crewe-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/self-storage-business-given-green-light-for-former-printworks-site-in-crewe-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Storage Business Given Green-Light for Former Printworks Site in Crewe, England"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The former printworks in Crewe was destroyed by fire (Image: Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for a self-storage business on the site of a former printworks in Crewe, but restricted its opening hours from 6 am to 11 pm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lock Stock Self Storage Limited had applied for permission to operate 24\/7 at the site on the corner of Catherine Street and Frances Street.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The site is vacant after the former printworks was destroyed by fire and later demolished last year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cllr Dawn Clark (Image: Cheshire East Council) Ward councillor Dawn Clark told yesterday\u2019s (Wednesday) meeting of the southern planning committee the area was residential and neighbours feared there would be an impact from the motion lighting and the noise of storage containers being opened and closed late at night.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She said the previous printworks hadn\u2019t been noisy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who\u2019ve lived in that area for decades say it wasn\u2019t much noise,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And she added, \u201cDo they actually need 24\/7 access to this type of facility?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLegitimately, I don\u2019t think anybody needs to go into a container at 3 am in the morning.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rhian Powell, representing the applicant, said the company operated from 30 sites, some in residential areas, and made every effort to be a good neighbour.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She said customers like the idea that they had access to the storage facility 24\/7, but in reality, it wasn\u2019t used much late at night.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The application was moved for approval by Brereton councillor John Wray (Con) and seconded by Cllr Allen Gage (Willaston, Con).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was approved with added conditions restricting the operating hours and for a management plan in relation to the upkeep of the containers and tidiness of the site.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seven councillors voted in favour, one against, and one abstained.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for a self-storage business on the site of a former printworks in Crewe, but restricted its opening hours from 6 am to 11 pm. Lock Stock Self Storage Limited had applied for permission to operate 24\/7 at the site on the corner of Catherine Street and Frances Street. The site is vacant after the former printworks was destroyed by fire and later demolished last year. Cllr Dawn Clark (Image: Cheshire East Council) Ward councillor Dawn Clark told yesterday\u2019s (Wednesday) meeting of the southern planning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,22],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688"}],"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=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2691,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions\/2691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}