Plans have been submitted to turn the former Wilko store in Mansfield into a retail park.<\/p>\n
The applicant East India Properties Ltd is seeking to turn the Wilko store and former Legacy nightclub, in Clumber Street, into 22 retail units and a self-storage unit.<\/p>\n
The Wilko store has been vacant since 2023 after the Worksop-based firm collapsed into administration leading to the closure of 400 stores across the country.<\/p>\n
A design and access statement submitted to Mansfield District Council said: “The proposed scheme seeks to subdivide the large existing retail unit into smaller individual units to enhance the retail offering within the town centre.”<\/p>\n
“The proposal is designed to function like a pull-up retail park experience,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
Documents said an existing 118-space car park at the site would be reconfigured to provide two additional loading bays, while the number of car parking spaces would be reduced to 103 to facilitate this.<\/p>\n
The business was founded in 1930 when JK Wilkinson opened his first store in Leicester.<\/p>\n
It expanded across the Midlands initially and by the 1990s became one of Britain’s fastest-growing retailers, rebranding as Wilko in 2012.<\/p>\n