After months of debate, plans have been approved to convert the former Nottingham College site in Beeston into student accommodation. The scheme will create 162 student apartments.
The site in High Road, Beeston was bought in 2020 by Nottingham based ALB Group for an undisclosed sum. After 10 months of wrangling, Broxtowe Borough Planning Committee approved the plans on Monday, July 25.
The scheme first went to a planning committee in July 2021, and was set aside until the next committee hearing in September. Arran Bailey, managing director at ALB Group said: "Despite having the full support of the planning officers and the head of planning at the committee last September, we lost out by one vote, and started the planning appeal process which has set us back 11 months. It took a massive toll on the company, and it resulted in me having to let people go."
