A wide-range of projects were applied for and given the go-ahead last week in Nottingham. There were a variety of plans submitted to Nottingham City Council that made progress in the week ending April 15.
The two most significant were the approval for a brewery to be demolished for more student flats, and the approval for a new café and shop to open on a desolated city centre shopping street. Elsewhere, plans were given the greenlight for the facelift of a Sherwood business.
And, at two other sites, a industrial estate was given permission to make changes to make it more flexible and an office space was allowed to be converted to student accommodation.
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Brewery to be demolished for student flats
A brewery will be demolished in order to construct purpose built student accommodation comprising a terrace of five student apartments, after permission was given on April 14. The existing pub, the Plough Inn on St Peters Street and car park will be retained, together with the area of pub garden closest to the building.
According to planning documents, the development has been driven by the need to relocate Nottingham Brewery as the business has outgrown the site. The brewery became established at the rear of the pub, firstly utilising pub outbuildings then also subsequently incorporating a number of temporary buildings.
The Plough Inn was designated as an Asset of Community Value in 2016 but this designation lasted five years and has now lapsed. The original proposal included the redevelopment of the pub car park with two additional semi-detached dwellings, which raised concerns over the future viability of the pub. The current proposal would retain the pub building, its car park and beer garden, albeit reduced in size.
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Café and shop to open on 'dead' shopping street
A new café, shop and community hub has been approved for Lister Gate, which was previously referred to by shoppers as a 'fairly dead' area after most of the shops deserted the street during Broadmarsh's demolition. Tiger Community Enterprise CIC will move into the building next to H&M in Nottingham’s Lister Gate, after Nottingham City Council approved their application on April 14.
A community initiative, Tiger will be opening up a shop, café and activity hub providing everything from retro gaming, beginners’ yoga and arts and crafts activities. The building, which was once the HSBC bank, is sandwiched between H&M clothing store and Leeds Building Society.
Toni Jarvis, Tiger’s project leader, said: “We wanted something in the city centre that was going to be big enough to do all the things we want to do. We also want people to be able to access us by train, tram, bus, or car, and where Lister Gate is is really central to all these things.
“We will drive our own traffic in by doing activities, but it’s also going to be great for people living in the city centre, who say there are very little community activities to do, while also being accessible across the wider county.”
Facelift for Sherwood business
Permission was given on April 11 for a new shopfront to added to 609 Mansfield Road, Sherwood. The Pizza Hut store on the ground floor of the three-storey building will be renovated with the existing old shopfront removed and replaced with a new black sprayed aluminium shopfront.
Advertisements will now be able to be placed on a new fascia sign and projecting sign, which will both be externally illuminated. A new door and letter box will be fitted and there would be some changes to the tiling in the shop.
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Student housing to replace offices
On April 12 permission was granted for a floor of office space in Varsity House, Malin Hill, Nottingham to be turned into student accommodation. The site is a four/five-storey building that is currently occupied by a number of cluster flats rented to students. The ground floor was previously an office, but was partially converted to two more cluster apartments in 2007.
This left a small office on the eastern side of the ground floor. The original proposal was for five studio units, but this has been amended to four studio units and future residents would use an existing access to the rear of the building.
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Changes greenlit for industrial estate
An industrial estate has been given permission to be used for industrial production, so that it can be used more flexibly by the site operator in the future. Glaisdale Industrial Estate in Bilborough previously had permission for commercial, business and service.
No external changes have been proposed to the site or buildings were proposed by the applicant. Permission was granted by Nottingham City Council on April 13.
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