Housing proposal will revitalise Grade-ii listed buildings
A HOUSING development made up of Grade-ii listed buildings and new-build homes has been given planning permission.
The plans will see 65 homes created on a 15.8 acre site at Bulcote Steading, which is within the Bulcote Conservation Area and the greenbelt.
The site, which comprises a Grade Ii-listed model farm complex, has been the subject of extensive discussions with Newark and Sherwood District Council and Historic England regarding the future of the listed buildings. Following lengthy discussions an application for planning permission and listed building consent was submitted in 2015, supplemented by a further application in 2017.
This proposed the conversion of the existing buildings to provide 24 houses and a community hall alongside 41 new build homes. After extensive discussions with the local planning authority and Historic England, the planning application was approved at a planning committee in October 2020, and following detailed negotiations, a section agreement has now been agreed and planning permission granted.
Adam Key, Director at Savills, planning consultants for the project, said: “Securing this planning permission is an excellent result, after facing various challenges to reach this point. It will create new housing in a highly sought after part of the country.”
The site is owned by Midlands Land Portfolio Limited (MLPL), the property development arm of Severn Trent, with Northern Trust acting as their planning promotion partner. Fisher German has been appointed to market the site for sale.
Adam Tustain, Development Surveyor at Severn Trent, said: “This consent will secure the long-term future of these fabulous Grade-ii Listed buildings and recycle the company’s redundant assets to provide much-needed new homes, community facilities and local jobs in the areas we serve.”