The Peel Centre, Stockport

The Peel Centre, also known as Stockport Retail Park, is a retail park located in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. 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

Location	Stockport, United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°24′50″N 2°09′05″W
Address	Great Portwood Street, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 2HH[1]
Opening date	1980s
Management	Peel Land and Property Savills (Agents)[2]
Owner	The Peel Group
No. of stores and services	20
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2)[3]
No. of floors	Varies
Parking	1,057[1]
Website	The 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]