A more than 300-year-old Nottinghamshire hall in 'disrepair' is set for a new lease of life. Ollerton Hall on Main Street, Ollerton has been empty for many years, but would be turned into eight apartments, if plans are approved at Newark & Sherwood District Council's planning committee on April 20.
The hall, a Grade II* listed building built in 1700, has recently come back into the ownership of the council following years of uncertainty and a lack of progress on site by the previous owner. The council has a new land deal with applicant Severns Developments, with the building offered on a lease until the project is "satisfactorily complete" and can be sold.
Planning permission was granted in 1990 to convert the building to a health care facility and construct a single storey extension, which was built in the wrong place. A previous scheme for a more intensive conversion to 25 residential units by the previous owner was refused and dismissed on appeal 10 years ago.
