Container canteen on course for consent in Blackpool
Reworked plans from Southbeach Streetfood for a shipping-container food and beverage venue on a half-acre along Blackpool Promenade have been recommended for approval.
The 19 recycled shipping containers, part single and part two-storey, would face the Sandcastle waterpark and Grosvenor Casino at Flagstaff Gardens.
Blackpool’s own Joseph Boniface Architects designed the converted container scheme, which would offer 4,800 sq ft of floorspace. JMP Northwest is the planning consultant.
The 20 to 40 ft-long containers would surround a courtyard with outdoor seating. Canopied roof terraces and various balconies are also planned.
Southbeach is set to offer “authentic street food in an ethical, considerate, and sustainable way”, targeting Blackpool residents and tourists, while creating 30 FTE jobs.
A design and access statement continues that the venue will cater for all ages and food tastes, and the encircled courtyard would be used for music and art shows.
The containers would be situated on the northern side of Osbourne Road, opposite the existing 20-year-old Blackpool Pleasure Beach crazy golf.
Permission was originally granted for the project in August 2023 in the face of officer recommendation. The refreshed application makes amends to seating, cover capacity, and area boundaries.
To view the original application, use the planning reference 22/0506. To view the revised application that has been recommended for approval at next week’s planning committee meeting, use 24/0210 on Blackpool Council’s planning portal.
Shipping containers? Are you seriously considering accepting this proposal? These containers will rust and become an eyesore in no time at all! What a complete joke of an idea, the people proposing this idea clearly do not either understand or have any clue of how damaging the salt air on the promenade can effect buildings!
By Anonymous
This is the third year they’ve been going to do it
By Anonymous
Imagine that shipping containers that are designed to go on ships in rough waves smashing over them can’t handle the promenade
By Nick
It will look bloody awful and make Blackpool look even more tacky than it does now, if that’s at all possible. What a waste of a green space. An absolutely hideous idea.
By Lee
First got wind of this approx 6 years ago. Surely given the length of time to get to this stage (again) the whole idea is yesterday’s news. Just look at Abingdon Street and that’s in a more secure central location.
By Anonymous
I actually think it’s a great idea.
By Lisa
Do we really need a shipping container on the promenade when we already have plenty of places to eat seriously ridiculous don’t know what this council is about
By Heather Bradley