The former JTF Mega Discount Warehouse in Hucknall could be set for a new lease of life with a homeware, garden and tools retailer keen on opening in its place. The Nottinghamshire-based JTF operated 12 shops and employed 500 staff but closed all of them in 2021.
The former warehouse in Daniels Way, Hucknall, closed earlier this year - for the second time in just 12 months - after Poundstretcher took over the site but failed to make the venture work. The building was subsequently placed on the market.
Now, an application has been put forward to Ashfield District Council on behalf of UK Home Shopping Ltd (Tools-To-Go) to change the use of the site. The applicant is seeking legal interest in the land and to occupy the existing warehouse at the site.
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Tools-To-Go has been known for trading at the Lowmoor Business Park, in Prospect Close, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. But planning documents suggest the site in Kirkby has been sold to allow for Tools-To-Go to open in the former JTF warehouse.
A statement in the application reads: "The existing store and trading patterns and characteristics of the applicant, including their store within Kirkby-in-Ashfield within the council’s district (which has now been sold on the basis that the proposed use will hopefully be able to take place on the site), are that the warehouses contain a use for the display of retail sale of goods for members.
"At the site, the applicant would like to combine this use so that the display of retail sale of goods is available to both members and also the public as a whole reflecting customer demand."
Tools-To-Go, which has been in business since 1999, is known for selling a range of homeware, garden products and tools. The company also sells products online.
The property is described as being a "good quality warehouse" with the potential for manufacturing space on a "large secure site". The site sits across 2.9 acres and features a large car park and yard. Officials behind Tools-To-Go have applied to retain the car park, service area and external display. Nottinghamshire Live has contacted the firm for comment.
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