Plans to tranform a vacant site on a business park to store shipping containers has been met with strong opposition from the community.
A proposal has been lodged by MREF V to Liverpool Council to change the use of a plot of land on Garston Industrial Estate, Blackburne Street, that has been cleared for some years to house a number of storage facilities, including those for shipping containers and plant equipment. Despite the application being described as “straightforward” by property firm Savills in an accompanying planning statement, residents in Garston have expressed concerns.
Around 80 members of the community turned out in April to discuss the proposals and their objections. The planning statement said the change of use would result in a “positive re-use” of the site, which has been cleared having previously housed a number of industrial and storage buildings.
