Originally Posted by
Expressflight
There is no 'old industrial estate' in that location, only the existing retail park. There has been talk of that relocating to the new Southend Airport Business Park under development on the North-West boundary of the airport, but nothing definite as far as I know and certain not to happen in the short term. The old ATEL car park located South-East of Warners Bridge has planning consent for valet parking (only) for 260 vehicles.
The rumour about the retail estate has been around so long and must be treated as the complete rubbish it is. The new business park is for businesses but not retail. Also how much would Stobart have to stump up to buy the area and flatten the shop units? They could probably utilise areas off aviation way for parking but at the moment it doesn't seem to be an issue as they haven't attempted to use the old Access car park despite have planning (renewed recently) for nearly 4 years and intend to plonk a new hotel on the car park nearest Eastwoodbury Crescent.