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Plans to create a self-storage facility on the Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate North have been revealed. The Trustees of Forster Family Pension Fund wants to change the use of the site, to facilitate the sitting of 57 shipping containers for self-storage hire. New vehicular access to the site would be created as a result of the scheme. Currently, the land – located between Tanfield Engineering Systems to the west and the Classic Windows premises to the east – comprises open grassland. Each of the containers would be individually accessed from…

A new self-storage company has opened a secure compound near Newmarket. Greenlock Self Storage is a family-owned business off the A11 between Six Mile Bottom and the Fourwentways junction, making it accessible from Newmarket, Haverhill, Cambridge and surrounding villages. It is a first business venture for 35-year-old Jamie Hamilton, who lives in Ashley with his wife and two-year-old son and previously worked on studs in Australia and Newmarket. The units will serve households and small businesses, providing convenient access to large storage containers in a safe and secure environment. It…

Plans for a new ‘self-storage’ business on the outskirts of Sunderland have been submitted to the city council. The application, made by Linton DMC, is for land at Halliwell Street, near Brinkburn Crescent, in the Houghton ward. The plan is to change the use of the site to a self-storage facility, with up to 71 shipping containers. There are also plans to install lighting columns, CCTV and landscaping. The land was last used as a storage depot for Northern Gas Networks. The planning statement claims the self-storage business represents a…

More than 120 storage containers could be placed on vacant land in Kirkcaldy if councillors approve a company’s plans to expand into town. Keepsafe Self Storage has submitted a planning application to develop an empty site on the corner of Hendry Road and Hayfield Industrial Estate. A subsidiary of Perth-based Castlecroft Group, it specialises in external self-storage units for both business and personal customers, and is eyeing up a move to the Lang Toun after successful launches in Dundee, Perth and Dunfermline. Keepsafe was the first to pioneer “drive-up” –…

A Self-storage depot made up of 83 shipping containers can be built on a site just off Leeds Road. Planning permission for the storage depot on Buck Street was approved by Bradford Council this week. Buildings next to a fenced off area on the street would be demolished to make way for the development, which was submitted late last year by a Mr Shahid. The application said the buildings were “in a state of disrepair” and the rest of the site was fenced off due to people using the site…

HOLD Storage today announces the opening of its first site in the heart of Kings Cross offering 56,000 square feet of lettable space. This marks the first of five sites that the company plans to open across the capital before the end of 2025, to address the critical space shortage faced by London’s residents and businesses. HOLD plans to disrupt the self-storage market with a fresh approach to customer experience that blends cutting-edge technology with a highly personal on-site service to meet the expectations of the modern consumer. As part…

A former British Gas site in Gloucester is to become home to a self storage business. The vacant brownfield land in Horton Road was once home to a huge gasholder which towered over Horton Road Hospital. It will now become home to 155 vivid blue containers and an office managed by Blue Self Storage Ltd. The company has been granted persimmon by Gloucester City Council to change the use of the land so it can open its fourth facility. It is a “significant milestone” for the Welsh business which was…