Green light at last for housing around city tower block
PLANNING APPLICATION WAS FIRST SUBMITTED FIVE YEARS AGO
LONG-AWAITED plans for the redevelopment of land surrounding a 19-storey tower block in Sneinton have been approved.
Fifteen houses and a block of 41 flats will now be built on land off Burrows Court – five years after an application was first submitted to Nottingham City Council.
The proposals put forward by Landmark Capital Investment have been knocked back on numerous occasions over issues with the Section 106 funding, where the developers contribute money to services and infrastructure.
The plans now state that the developer would be asked for £182,000 in contributions if the plans are approved, including £136,234 towards affordable housing and £14,700 towards education.
The proposals, which were rubber stamped at the city council’s planning committee on Wednesday, follow the recent renovation of the Burrows Court tower block.
The new dwellings will be built around the 19-storey tower off Windmill Lane.
Nine houses facing the road would be three storeys high and have three bedrooms, as well as a lounge, kitchen and bathrooms. Six of the houses would be two-storey with two bedrooms, with all houses having one off-street parking space.
The new three-storey block of flats would be built on top of the existing 107-space car park, with twelve having two bedrooms and 29 having one bedroom.
Mark Heelis, from Sneinton, said he was in favour of the proposals.
“It looks nice enough,” he said.
“If it improves the area and makes it look more attractive then that’s got to be a good thing.”
Ezabela Mieziete, 25, who regularly walks past the site also said it was a “good thing”.
However, some residents in Windmill Lane raised concerns over onstreet parking. Idrees Mansha, who has lived on the street for seven years said: “Parking spaces are limited as they are.
“I don’t know where some people will park, it’s a problem.” Of the wider plans, the 34-year-old Boots admin worker added: “I’m not sure, it depends on the type of people that move in.
“It depends if they give them to first-time buyers or are just trying to make more money.”
If it improves the area and makes it look more attractive then that’s got to be a good thing.
Mark Heelis