The development of 207 homes has been given the green light by Nottingham councillors who praised the Boots-inspired architecture. Boots UK’s headquarters is on Thane Road, off the A52 Clifton Boulevard near Beeston, and the development will sit nearby, parallel to the Nottingham and Beeston Canal.
GraceMachin Planning and Property submitted the proposals for 96 houses and 111 apartments on behalf of Ilke Homes Land Limited, and they were unanimously approved during a Nottingham City Council planning meeting on November 23. The 96 ‘modular’ houses will be pre-built in a factory in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, before being installed on-site.
While the apartment buildings will not be modular, they will draw inspiration from 1930s buildings such as the Drys Factory (now known as D6), which was designed by Sir Owen Williams. The building was responsible for the manufacturing of ‘dry’ goods such as tablets and pills, and is today Grade-I listed and used by MediCity as a laboratory.
