Cheshire East councillors voted unanimously to grant planning permission for phase three of Clowes Developments’ Viking Park development during a two-hour strategic planning board meeting in March 2023.

The plan is to build a 102,700 sq ft industrial unit on 6.5 acres off Viking Way in Congleton designed by Whittam Cox Architects. The project will include 127 car parking spaces, including six designated as disabled and eight with electric vehicle charging capability. There will also be spaces for 28 cycles to be stored.

Alice Routledge, partner at Asteer Planning (planning consultant for the project), said: “The approval of phase three at strategic planning board follows phases 1, 2, and a package of site-enabling works all granted in 2022, and demonstrates Clowes’ intent to deliver the requirements of this strategically important allocation in north Congleton.”

The building is of high-quality, sustainable design and is set within a spacious landscape framework with a multi-tonal material palette to compliment the surrounding character.

Marc Freeman, Director at Clowes Developments, said: “Construction will begin on site as early as April 2023. We already have our lead contractor, TanRo poised and ready to start works at Congleton’s brand-new, mixed-use development, Viking Park.”