Category: Development News

  Construction has started on Prime Park, a development of more than 70,000 sq ft of energy-efficient warehouse and trade counter space in Birmingham. Legal & General Investment Management’s specialist industrial fund IPIF and development partner Prime Box are delivering the development on a 3.4-acre brownfield site off Hamstead Hill, just four miles north of Birmingham City Centre, with completion set for spring 2024. Located next to a new Lidl superstore, the scheme will comprise 10 units ranging from 1,690 sq ft to 28,416 sq ft. Several of the units…

Plans for a new self-storage facility in Bath that could help support 100 jobs have been given the go-ahead. Vanguard was granted planning permission to redevelop the former Regency Laundry site on the Lower Bristol Road at Bath and North East Somerset Council’s planning committee on Wednesday 28th June. Head of property at Vanguard, Mike Lamplough, told the committee that the facility would help to tackle the “chronic shortage” of industrial space in Bath. He said: “Self-storage is very attractive to business customers. At our Bristol store which we built…

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd (“Shurgard”) Shurgard signs new purchase agreement in the London region (south-west) Shurgard – the largest developer, owner and operator of self-storage facilities in Europe – has signed a new land purchase agreement for a building located in the London region and expects to obtain a planning permission in the coming months. This future c. 7,400 sqm self-storage property is set to open in the first quarter of 2025. The new freehold purpose-built facility will offer over 1,100 self-storage units (spread over four floors) to the nearby…

At about 84,000 sq ft, this freehold Landmark store would be its biggest to date when it opens. A grant from the planning committee for its updated planning permission at its freehold site in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, has also been secured.” Self-storage company Lok’nStore has been buoyed by ‘excellent trading’ and outlined plans to expand its portfolio of sites. The company opened its new landmark freehold store in Peterborough on 27 June 2023, with the 46,000 sq ft site having a total project cost of £7.5m. Early trading at the recently-opened…

We’re very excited to bring a new self-storage facility to Sidmouth. We know from the removals arm of our business that there’s a strong demand for secure, dry and clean away-from-home storage. Our new units provide the perfect space for storing items during a house move or offer a longer-term solution when there isn’t enough space at home.” – Paddy Lee, Director of Potburys A new self-storage facility has opened in Sidmouth, offering residents a place to store belongings. The purpose-built storage facility occupies the old Potburys’ auction rooms on…

We are excited to expand and open our new facility in Nottingham, offering storage and office space to local individuals and businesses. This is our sixth store in the Midlands and represents our ambitious expansion plans to open more sites across the region including Stoke-on-Trent, Willenhall, Kidderminster and Witney.” – Simon Williams, CEO and founder – Storage Giant South Wales-based self-storage specialists, Storage Giant, is celebrating the opening of its fourteenth facility as the company continues to expand across the UK. The business, which is headquartered in Newport, has opened…

The plans, which have been submitted to South Norfolk Council (SNC), would see 31 shipping containers placed on the site, 30 for storage and one double-height container which would be used as a facilities hub, including for CCTV.” A Diss car park is set to become a self-storage business after a fall in demand. Developers want to turn an old overflow car park in Gilray Road, next to Diss railway station, into shipping container storage. The plans, which have been submitted to South Norfolk Council (SNC), would see 31 shipping…

Work is progressing to build a Big Yellow self storage facility at the former Sainsbury’s supermarket site in Farnham Road. Slough Borough Council approved plans for a three-storey building featuring self storage units to replace the supermarket in April. The site has been vacant since Sainsbury’s closed its doors more than a year ago. The Big Yellow Group is seeking permission from the council to install seven illuminated advertising signs across the towering building. An application, submitted on behalf of the self storage firm, said: “The proposed signs will be…

Planning permission has been granted to create a self storage centre at a site in Cardiff. The application site concerns Tilcon Mortar Plant on Viking Place in Butetown. Previously, it was used for the storage of aggregates and materials, along with a cement batcher and associated conveyor, a weighbridge and ancillary offices. Proposed is a change of use to a self storage centre, which involves providing secure storage facilities for businesses and individuals, typically in standard shipping container units of a single colour, arranged in uniform rows. The site comprises…