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Peel Plans Leisure Extension to Trafford Centre

LONDON-Peel Holdings has applied for planning permission for the UK's biggest indoor snowsports destination on an 11-acre site next to the Trafford Centre in Manchester.

By Graham Parker | Updated on April 21, 2004

LONDON-Peel Holdings, developer of the 1.2-million-sf Trafford shopping centre in Manchester, has applied for consent for a 250,000-sf indoor snowsports complex on an 11-acre site next to the regional mall.Peel has joined forces with Mountaineering Activities to develop the concept, which includes real snow slopes for skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing, together with ice climbing, a rock climbing wall and an indoor skateboard park, along with retail outlets, bars and restaurants. Subject to planning consent, the £28-million ($50-million) project–to be known as Chill Factor E–is scheduled to open in 2006.Rapleys, planning consultant for the project and Partner Peter Johnson, says: “The application is on part of land allocated for major sports use. It complements the adjoining sports and leisure uses and will be a popular addition to the facilities in this part of Greater Manchester”.Architects for the scheme are FaulknerBrowns and letting agents are Capital Retail.

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