Case Study: Trade Park Development, Canterbury

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Commercial Development

Planning application: Outline application for a new trade park including retail and office space. Subsequent reserved matters application for a fast-food drive-through and trade counter units.

Local Planning Authority: Canterbury City Council.

Highway Authority: Kent County Council.

Outcome: Approved.

We were first engaged on this former water works site by Glenbeigh Developments Limited in 2008 to support an outline planning application for a trade park development on Sturry Road in Canterbury. We helped to secure outline planning approval for that trade park, which allowed a mix of uses including retail and first-floor office space.

Our Planning Team produced the Transport Statement for the planning application, while the Design Team designed the approved new access junction to incorporate widening the footway and cycleway on Sturry Road.

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We more recently worked on the reserved matters planning application for the trade park development with Mountford Piggott architects and RPS planning consultants.

The reserved matters application was for a slightly different scheme from the one consented under the outline approval; it included a Taco Bell drive-thru restaurant and a variation of the trade-counter units.

We again produced a Transport Statement to support the reserved matters application, providing the traffic analysis and evidence to demonstrate that the new proposal would be acceptable when compared to the traffic associated with the previously approved outline planning permission.

We also produced a Travel Plan for the trade park development site to provide a framework strategy to promote sustainable travel to the development by its employees and visitors.

Our Design Team has been engaged throughout the process, advising the project team on site layout and swept path tracking, and working with Kent County Council Highways through the detailed design stage, successfully securing Section 278 technical approval for the new access junction on Sturry Road.

Taco Bell plans to be open for business in spring 2023.