Neighbours have shared their sadness over the potential fate of a former bowls clubhouse next to a popular park. The empty clubhouse in Addison Street, next to the Arboretum, would be turned into 29 apartments providing 58 bed spaces if Nottingham City Council's planning committee grant planning permission on October 19.
The Georgian-era clubhouse, which was closed in September 2019, would be refurbished and converted to form residential apartments. The bowling green would be repurposed as a communal garden area and more recent Victorian additions would be demolished.
Locals were not convinced by the proposal, with the Arboretum Residents' Association previously urging people to object to the plans for the 'beautiful' bowling green. Melvyn Mewton, 69, who has lived on Addison Street for 50 years and whose dad was a member of the club, said it would be a 'great shame' to convert the centre.
