Lok’nStore refuses to admit defeat in Trafford
The storage company has reapplied for permission to build a 95,000 sq ft facility in Altrincham, despite losing an appeal against the rejection of the scheme last year.
Lok’N’Store claims it has now addressed the concerns around flooding that tipped the Planning Inspectorate’s decision in Trafford Council’s favour.
Apart from providing a more robust drainage strategy, the scheme remains largely unchanged except for a reduction in the amount of orange cladding.
“The only matter preventing the appeal being allowed was lack of information relative to the drainage,” a planning statement from consultancy Rapleys said.
“This information has now been provided to United Utilities, and they have confirmed that the connection between the site’s surface and fowl drainage and their sewer is acceptable.”
To learn more, search for reference number 112531/FUL/23 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Located on the corner of Richards Way and Davenport Lane, the development would replace a former Aldi supermarket. Aldi closed the store in 2020 after opening a larger one at Atlantic Retail Park a short distance away.
Trafford refused permission for the project claiming it was “incongruous and physically dominating”, something the planning inspector disagreed with when the project went to appeal.
Good on them. Give em hell.
By Adam
On one hand this is the notoriously nimby Trafford Planning Committee voting everything down, albeit someone will be kicking their planners for not covering the flooding issue.
On the other, they know there will never be any shortage of people bringing forward schemes for any available site, and if there could be a reasonably dense resi development on the site instead, they could guarantee future Council Tax income, which is very much uncertain for Business Rates.
By Rotringer