Plans for new accommodation could help to save a struggling inner-city pub. Proposals to turn a function room and first floor residential flat above the Plough Inn, in Radford, into a house of multiple occupation have been submitted to Nottingham City Council.
The plans show four ensuite bedrooms, a laundry and a shared kitchen and living room area. They have been drawn up on behalf of DBSR Property Limited, which recently acquired the pub in St Peter's Street.
The ground floor is set to remain the same and carry on trading as a pub. Nottingham Brewery boss and former Plough Inn owner Philip Darby said: "As far as the pub goes it's a lifeline. If there's rent coming in from upstairs it will make the pub viable against what it is now, which is struggling like anything to make ends meet. I'm just hoping it's sooner rather than later.
