Dan Whelan
A development featuring a 57,000 sq ft storage facility and a 37,000 sq ft container park next to the existing Fulwood Central retail park has been granted consent by Preston City Council.
Austringer Capita’s scheme will see the demolition of an existing industrial unit on the site and the creation of a 138,000 sq ft mixed-use development, acting as an extension to the neighbouring retail park.
The 8.4-acre development site is allocated for employment use under Preston’s local plan and sits to the north of Oliver’s Place.
Austringer’s project is split into three parts. The first element of the proposal features around 30,000 sq ft of retail space, including a supermarket, as well as a five-storey storage facility, a 20,000 sq ft gym and 26,000 sq ft of indoor leisure.
Neil Tague
Austringer Capital hopes to create retail, indistrial and flexible office space adjacent to the Fulwood Central retail park, in the northern Preston suburb.
The site in question is allocated for employment and is around 8.4 acres and sits to the north of Oliver’s Place It currently houses a large industrial unit currently occupied by Parkinson Haulage, which is relocating to South Ribble.
Businesses currently trading from Fulwood Central include Aldo, B&M, ExtraCare, Indigo Sun, Greggs, Costa, Subway and Burger King.
As pointed out in Austringer’s application, the full extent of consented space at the scheme has not been built out, suggesting that a further 10,000 sq ft of retail and 15,000 sq ft of leisure could be developed within extant permissions.