Planning permission granted for Charter Walk face lift
Published: 27 January, 2012
Addington Capital has received planning approval for the circa £3m redevelopment of Charter Walk shopping centre in Burnley.
The plans, which proposed the reconfiguration and refurbishment of the Market Square area of the shopping centre, will see the existing eastern side of The Square reconfigured to provide three new modern double height retail units. The new units will range in size from 6,000 sq ft to 10,230 sq ft over two trading floors.
In addition, the existing Café building in The Square will be removed and replaced with a modern glazed café pod structure with additional external seating extending to circa 1,335 sq ft. This has been designed to provide a quality modern café and improve the visibility of retailers located in this area whose view is currently obscured by the existing building.
Alex Wagstaff, partner at Addington Capital, said: “It is vital that Charter Walk moves with the time to keep up with the changing retail market and habits of local shoppers. The reconfigured shopping centre will provide modern retail accommodation for Burnley and we anticipate that it will attract a number of high quality retailers to the town. We are delighted to have had the plans approved and hope the improvements to Charter Walk will help to strengthen the Town Centre’s appeal, in turn increasing the attraction of Burnley as a retail destination.”
Work on the redevelopment project is scheduled to begin later this year with the new units expected to be trading by Christmas 2012.
