Trinity Investments has applied for planning consent to build a £60m retail, warehouse and leisure development on a greenfield site at Whitebirk near Blackburn, Lancashire.
The 92,900 sq m (1m sq ft) scheme is the Wigan-based developer’s most ambitious project to date. If it gets the go ahead, it will include 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) of retail warehousing 69,675 sq m (750,000 sq ft) of B1, B2 and B8 space and 13,935 sq m (150,000 sq ft) of leisure.
Trinity’s 36 ha (88acre) site sits in the centre of the surrounding motorway network. The land is just south of junction 8 of the M65 and will benefit from the nearby link between the M65 to the M61 now under construction.
Although the proposed development is out of town, Trinity’s David Harrison is confident he will secure consent. The area is zoned for employment use and the retail appication is restricted to bulky goods.
EGi News 08/11/96
