A wide-range of projects were applied for and given the go-ahead last week in Nottingham. There were three stand-out plans in the week ending April 1, which have now progressed.
The two most significant were the approval for a controversial expansion to Colwick Hall Hotel, and permission being given for the huge redevelopment of an old Nottingham City college site. Elsewhere plans have progressed for the new Waterside Bridge across the River Trent, with a full planning application now ready to be submitted.
And, at two smaller sites, one business was given permission to expand and set up shop at a commercial unit and another may have to move after a student HMO (house in multiple occupation) plan was approved.
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Colwick Hall Hotel to be expanded
The Colwick Hall Hotel in Racecourse Road will be expanded after plans were given the council go ahead on April 1. Three new buildings can now be added to the hotel, increasing the number of bedrooms by 40 and creating a banqueting suite.
Nottingham Civic Society previously expressed their reservations about the proposed expansion of the Grade II* listed hotel, citing the threat of new buildings overpowering the Georgian country house. Concerns have been raised about plans for the expansion of a well known hotel leading to damage to a "historical landscape". You can read more here
Clifton college campus set for new lease of life
Permission has been granted for the transformation of the former Nottingham College site in Farnborough Road, Clifton. There will be a partial demolition of existing college buildings to prepare for the site's redevelopment into the new headquarters for Nottingham Community Housing Association.
A new two storey building incorporating part of retained college buildings will provide offices, a call centre, a maintenance depot and café. A three storey building will house 50 independent living apartments and there will also be another two storey building providing 14 supported living apartments and six bungalows.
The existing gym and changing rooms at the current site will be keep and new infrastructure will be put in place.
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New Trent Bridge passes the first hurdle
A screening request, which precedes a planning application being submitted, has been approved for the new bridge which will connect Lady Bay to the vast, £100m Trent Basin waterside housing estate near Colwick. Now the plans have passed this initial Environment Impact Assessment, proposals will be submitted to Nottingham City Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council to obtain consent for the bridge, connecting ramps and associated landscaping.
The Waterside Bridge, as it has been named, would be the first bridge to be built over the Trent in Nottingham for more than 60 years, and Nottingham City Council has said that it would open up new, safer commuter and leisure routes, offering a huge boost to cyclists, pedestrians and runners alike. When Nottinghamshire Live recently asked cyclists about the scheme it was hailed as a "super idea". You can read more here
New student accommodation
Permission has been given for 31 and 31A Bentinck Road, between Hyson Green and Radford, a terraced property that has the store on A to Z Furniture & Carpets on the ground floor, and residential accommodation above, to be converted into a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation. Accommodation would comprise two bedrooms and kitchen/living room on the ground floor and a single storey, flat-roofed extension would be built at the rear and contain one of these bedrooms.
Three bedrooms would be located on the first floor and a further bedroom on the second floor. The flat roof of the extension would provide an external communal area shared with the adjacent property which is also in the applicant's ownership.
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Extension for new shop
Permission has been granted for 8-10 Nuthall Road to be extended so that a new business can set up shop. The ground floor was previously used as a fireplace and stoves shop and will now be used as a locksmith, under plans approved on March 31 by Nottingham City Council.
