A developer has changed plans for a Greggs drive-through in Bulwell after residents criticised them as being "wholly inappropriate". Drive-through specialists Mersenne Developments Ltd, based in Hereford, submitted plans to build on the site of the former Apollo Hotel on Hucknall Lane in January.
It announced proposals at the time to establish a Greggs bakery on the site, alongside two other retail units. But they were hit with concerns from people living nearby and the plans will now be brought in front of Nottingham City Council's planning committee with a number of changes.
Residents in Hucknall Lane, Ventura Drive and Saxondale Court were consulted on the plans. One said: "I notified you of risks regarding rodent infestation emanating from the River Leen, drawn towards open air food outlets installed on the car wash site.” Another two people who objected also raised issue with potential rat infestations and added: "The opening hours of the development are not appropriate for a site that shares a direct boundary with residential properties, and will have an impact on our quality of life.
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"The location of the drive-through is wholly inappropriate behind three residential properties, and the food order points and outside customer seating being directly behind our back gardens. The acoustic fence installed on the site does nothing to minimise the noise generated on the site, which will only increase with the increased number of visitors to the site.”
The former Apollo Hotel, which operated as a pub, was demolished in 2012. A hand car wash was later established on the site but the business owner's temporary consent to run it expired, leading to issues with the local authority at the time.
The applicant has sought to quash concerns over previous wording which stated the two other units would be for "hot food takeaway use", by revealing that plans would see a Subway and Indigo Sun, a tanning salon, occupying the units. Planning documents state opening hours have also been amended.
They say: "The applicant has recently amended their proposed hours of operation from 06:30 to 23:00 Monday to Saturday, to 07:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday. Sundays and Bank Holidays are unchanged, being proposed as 08:00 to 20:00."
The plans state more than 30 jobs could be created for "local workers." Nottingham councillors will discuss the plans on Wednesday, June 21 at Loxley House.
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