A number of planning applications have been submitted or taken further this week which could lead to big changes across the county. The proposals, which will go before the local authority's planning committee before potentially being given the green light, could lead to a number of new developments.
In Beeston, there are plans for a former hairdressers as well as a now unused care home. Meanwhile, in the city, CGI images have been released of potential new apartment blocks located near to Nottingham station.
All of the planning applications listed down below could lead to more jobs and big changes in neighbourhoods across Nottinghamshire. Here are just a few of the proposals being considered as of April 2022.
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Beeston hairdressers could be takeaway
A former hairdressing salon in Beeston could be turned into a takeaway. Plans have been submitted to Broxtowe Borough Council for change of use for the empty property in High Road.
The applicant is seeking a change of use for the ground floor retail unit to a hot food takeaway, with the installation of an external exhaust duct. No details have been revealed about what kind of food would be served.
The site was previously Pure Kutz, a family-run hair salon, which built up around 300 clients during its four years in the town. The business closed down last December due to the ill health of one of the owners, who are still running a salon in Arnold.
Read more here.
Transformation plans for 'unsafe' vacant care home
A transformation plan has been put forward for a vacant care home that was closed because it was unsafe. It has been proposed to convert the old Beeston Lodge Nursing Home on the corner of Meadow Road and Lily Grove, Beeston into 19 apartments.
The 28-room care home was closed and its residents moved elsewhere after a CQC inspection found they were unsafe at the site. It was inspected on December 11, 2020, after which it was determined elderly people living there were at "at risk of ongoing harm".
Read more here.
Plans to turn offices into special school
A planning application has been submitted to turn offices in Ruddington into a special school, with places for 80 pupils creating 40 jobs. The application has been submitted by Polaris Children's Service to transform the use of Easthorpe House on Loughborough Road, a Grade II listed building.
Polaris Children's Service is a community of children's service providers. A letter from them to Rushcliffe Borough Council states the proposal is to teach up to 80 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) between the ages of seven and 16 at the site.
Read more here.
Plans for We Buy Any Car facility at Morrisons
Major changes have been put forward for the We Buy Any Car facilities at Morrison's Bulwell. Plans for two new buildings to be built in the supermarket car park to assist with vehicle repairs and vehicle sales were put forward on April 5.
One building will carry out vehicle repairs and MOT testing with the other to be used as a 'pod' for vehicle sales at the supermarket in Leen Drive, Bulwell. The In'N'Out pod and We Buy Any Car pod will be located next to the Morrison's in a space which is currently being used to store trolleys, according to a site location plan submitted by WM Morrison's Supermarket's LTD.
Read more here.
Major plans for 800 homes take step forward
A developer has been chosen in what has been described as the "biggest deal in terms of value" Nottinghamshire County Council has ever brokered. There are plans for more than 800 homes off Hucknall Bypass as well as a controversial new council office, a primary school and potential for a tram extension.
Discussions surrounding the development of the Top Wighay Farm site, off Annesley Road near Hucknall, have been taking place for a number of years and outline planning permission was granted in April last year.
It's now be revealed a developer, Vistry Partnerships, has now been selected to take plans forward. The outline planning permission granted accounts for 805 houses, which are to be built over six years, while 17 percent will be, by definition, "affordable". A new primary school is also expected to be built at the vast new neighbourhood, near Linby, with provision for business development land, a new council building and potential for a new much-requested GP surgery.
Read more here.
Three apartment blocks planned for site of businesses
New details have emerged of plans to bulldoze a number of businesses to make way for three apartment blocks in a conservation area in Nottingham. A public consultation has already taken place. The blocks would be built at the junction of London Road and Queens Road.
Plans submitted to Nottingham City Council detail the development of 82 apartments with extended amenity facilities, on top of 163 apartments with gym, cycle facilities and a private rooftop terrace. A third tower would contain 406 student apartments with facilities such as communal lounge, study areas, cycle storage and a laundry.
A public consultation has already taken place. Read more here.
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