A huge bat barn has been proposed as the latest stage in attempts to redevelop a former Islamic centre which now stands derelict in a Rushcliffe village. The former Islamic Institute on Inholms Gardens in Flintham was once the Officers' Mess for RAF Syerston, but has now been empty for years.
Nottingham-based education charity The Madni Trust was given permission in 2016 to build up to 95 homes on the site, but this permission has now expired. The property services team at Rushcliffe Borough Council is now applying to make progress at the site.
In particular, it was said that the number of bats roosting in the derelict properties was holding things up in terms of demolishing them. The new application now says that a 5.6-metre-tall bat barn should be constructed to get around this problem.
