Shoe shop could open at Angmering garden centre
Plans to allow a Pavers footwear shop to open at Haskins Garden Centre in Angmering have been submitted to Arun District Council.
Haskins Garden Centre Ltd wishes to modify its existing Section 106 agreement to allow footwear to be sold at the site.
According to the application, Pavers would replace the current Happy Hot Tubs store located at the back of the car park by Mountain Warehouse and Hobbycraft.
The unit measures approximately 186sqm, with 163sqm proposed for sales and the rest used as storage.
Pavers has around 174 stores across the UK with 61 already located at garden centres and ‘primarily trade within leisure destinations’.
The application seeks to change the S106 agreement to add footwear to the list of categories the garden centre is currently allowed to sell.
Both Littlehampton and Bognor Regis town centres were considered as alternative locations for the shop, but the applicant argues that the unit’s small size and Pavers’ preference for established leisure retailers make Haskins the most appropriate location.
Haskins says that allowing the footwear shop would bring in ‘new investment’ and potentially retain trade going elsewhere.
A decision on the proposed changes to the S106 agreement is due to be made on September 30. If approved, a separate planning application for the Pavers shop may then be submitted.