New plans have been put forward to alter the transformation of a 'horrific 60s lump' in Nottingham. Plans were recently submitted to reduce the number of rooms in the student tower set to replace the Bendigo building, on Bath Street, and quicken construction by using different materials.
The former Royal Mail sorting office has previously been labelled Nottingham's ugliest building and was due to be demolished soon to make way for a 13-storey student building providing 692 bed spaces. Nottingham City Council passed the plans for the huge redevelopment in August 2021, but Bricks Group, which bought the plot and plans in April, has now sought to alter the plans.
Local residents were keen to see the empty building pulled down, although some were less enthusiastic about its planned replacement. John Gunn, 49, from Carlton said: "It is a big lump of 60s horrific-ness. It looks very tired and out of date.
