The husband and wife team behind a popular boutique hotel in Leicester are planning their next property venture.
Naresh and Sharon Parmar, who have a reputation for redeveloping large, rundown, former council-owned properties in the city, have gained planning to transform the former Western Park Open Air School, on the outskirts of the city, into an office complex and cafe.
Mr Parmar said now planning was in place they hope to reach an agreement to buy the rundown buildings off Leicester City Council. Alongside those plans, he said they also hope to get planning to knock down the former Eco House complex on the Hinckley Road side of the park, to make way for 20 super-efficient Passivhaus homes. They also hoped to buy that site off the council once planning is in place.