Opinions have been split after a plan to turn an old bank into a pub was rejected for being "over intensive". The proposal to turn the old TSB bank in Plains Road, Mapperley, into a pub/restaurant and new ground floor shop with six apartments above it was turned down by the Gedling Borough Council on August 1.
The bank shut during Covid and has been vacant since February 2021. The council said the proposed extensions with different roof heights and styles "would result in an over intensive from of development" which would be "visually prominent and incongruous within the street scene".
Opinions were divided on the high street over news of the decision. Retired Duncan Thompson, 76, who lives in Mapperley, said: "I think it could be used for a more useful purpose. We have a lot of nice little bars that look great.
