A decision is set to be made for the demolition of a Lady Bay nursery. The closed Wishing Well Day Nursery could be demolished to make way for a set of flats.
Planning officers at Rushcliffe Borough Council have been recommended planning permission be granted, with a decision set to take place on Thursday 8 December. The nursery between Oakfields Road and Rutland Road was in a former church.
Following the closure of the nursery, there are now plans to convert the building into nine two storey apartments. If approved, there will also be a raised patio and an underground garage.
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The Wishing Well nursery had been running for more than 20 years and closed in December 2021. The owner of the building, Mark Buckingham, previously told Nottinghamshire Live: "We bought it in 1997, and, although I thought it would last 10 years or so, me and my wife ran the nursery there for 24-and-a-half years.
"We had a lot of fun and made a lot of memories there but we are going into retirement. It was an old windows factory when we bought it, but it has a lot of history."
According to planning documents, the building size would be significantly reduced and its footprint decreased by 27 percent. Mr Buckingham said he hoped the plans would be seen as reasonable by neighbours, highlighting the benefits of an underground car park and number of apartments. "It is too big for a lot of things that we could have done with it," he said.
"Down here it is a nightmare for parking so we're putting in underground parking with enough spaces for people. You could put more apartments in there but we didn't want to over do it. The look of it is probably more modern than I expected but it will look good. I don't know anyone that has any problem with it, that I've spoken to."
The building has a rich history being the place where Ibuprofen was first worked on. The owner has also claimed mustard gas was also tested at the site during the First World War.
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