The Peel Centre, Stockport

The Peel Centre is a retail park located in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is owned by The Peel Group and in 2010 extended to 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2) across 20 units.[4][3] Nearby town centre shopping areas, include the Merseyway Shopping Centre.[5]

The Peel Centre
LocationStockport, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′50″N 2°09′05″W
AddressGreat Portwood Street, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 2HH[1]
Opening date1980s
ManagementPeel Land and Property
Savills (Agents)[2]
OwnerThe Peel Group
No. of stores and services20
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area230,000 sq ft[3]
No. of floorsVaries
Parking1,057[1]
WebsiteThe Peel Centre, Stockport
Comet shop at The Peel Centre, Stockport in 2012.

History

The site on which the park stands has had a variety of different usages over time, it previously had industry and housing.[6] It then contained a power station and gas works, and then had a variety of industrial usages,[7] it was only developed in its current form from the late 1980s onwards. It was constructed in phases with the latter phases being those at the eastern side.

Controversy

There is extensive car parking at the centre where there has been controversy over wrongly issued parking fines,[8] it is mainly pay and display,[1] and is close to the town's major supermarkets.

Nearby developments

Immediately adjacent to The Peel Centre, across the road is a smaller development, Portwood Court.

In 2003, IKEA announced plans to open a store on the other side of the Portwood Roundabout and M60, but were denied planning permission, and after numerous appeals they were finally turned down in 2005 by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.[9]

References
  1. "The Peel Centre - Retail Warehousing - Scheme Overview on Completely Retail". Completely Retail. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. Craig Hudson (n.d.). "Savills - Out of Town Retail - Out of Town Retail Agency Team" (PDF). Savills. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  3. "Peel Land and Property - The Peel Centre, Stockport - A vibrant consumer mix". Peel Land and Property. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  4. "Peel Land and Property - The Peel Centre, Stockport - Availability" (JPEG). Peel Land and Property. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  5. "Stockport Council - Town Centre Shopping Areas". Stockport Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  6. NS Roberts (n.d.). "Stockport Image Archive - Andrew Square/Portwood". Stockport Council. The area now covered by The Peel Centre is from the top right, bounded by Great Portwood Street with the tramway running along it, and bounded to at the bottom by the River Mersey bridge. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  7. Stockport Advertiser (April 1981). "Stockport Image Archive - Aerial View over Portwood". Stockport Council. The area now covered by The Peel Centre is on the left side of the Photograph, as far as the cooling tower and as far as the road on the right hand side. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  8. "The car park where 'hundreds' are fined up to £100 even AFTER paying for ticket". MSN. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. Brian Lashley (19 February 2005). "Manchester Evening News - Ikea loses battle for £30m store". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

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