Airport parking boss says car storage is best option for Thelwall site

A PARKING company boss has spoken out about the community benefits of a 700-space car storage facility in Thelwall.Mark Doubleday, a Thelwall resident and managing director of Cheshire Airport Parking Ltd, is inviting residents to consider the benefits of developing the facility for storing holidaymakers’ cars in the village.The application for the car park, operating on behalf of the Clayton Hotel in Manchester Airport, has been at the centre of a planning battle since March 2018 after Warrington Borough Council deemed there was no special circumstances to carry out development in the green belt off Lymm Road.A new application proposes an assault course and public amenity area, along with the demolition and clearance of the other existing buildings and structures on the former Caddicks Nursery site.The proposals state that customers’ cars will be moved from the Clayton Hotel to the Lymm Road site between 7pm and 7am, avoiding peak hours.The site they settled on has already been subject to 10 years of enforcement action by Warrington Borough Council. The planning application includes the removal of unsightly buildings and structures and a bid to carry out physical improvements which has had support from schools and sports clubs.Mark also said that the move to the site would be a sustainable business and create further jobs for the area.Last year, the company came under fire for already using the Lymm Road site despite having no permission to do so.Mark commented that the company had informed planning officers and said they would be making the planning application retrospectively.As the company had increased levels of business, he said they had no other option.The company now has four weeks to leave their current Rushgreen Road site in Lymm due to housing developments.