Acting on behalf of landowner RS Bird Ltd, Alder King has secured planning consent for a new foodstore anchored retail development on the former garden centre site in Birds Lane, Cowbridge.
The development will include a 21,708 sq ft (2,017 sq m) Waitrose foodstore, together with 6,535 sq ft (607 sq m) of complimentary unit shopping, and 138 car parking spaces constructed on the 2.6 acre (1.1 hectare) site, situated just off High Street.
Alder King’s planning team coordinated and submitted the application, which was approved by the Vale of Glamorgan Council on 7 September.
RS Bird will commence construction later this year with completion targeted for Christmas 2012 trading. Alder King has been retained as project managers during construction, and letting agents on the unit shopping having already negotiated a pre-letting to Waitrose.
Owen Young, partner at Alder King’s Cardiff office said: “We are delighted that the Vale of Glamorgan Council has approved RS Bird’s application to construct a new retail development in Cowbridge’’.
Claire Stretton, associate at Alder King said: ‘’The development will create employment opportunities for Cowbridge and modern shop premises for retailers seeking representation in the town”.
Alder King has strong expertise in the foodstore sector and continues to advise landowners, developers and retailers in relation to new opportunities across the region.