Flats for old car park and club
PLANS for 145 new flats to replace the former Beatties multi-storey car park and Gorgeous nightclub in Wolverhampton city centre have been given the go-ahead.
The move follows planning approval granted last year to transform the adjacent landmark department store building into an apartment complex consisting of more than 300 luxury flats.
First opened by James Beattie in 1877, the historic shop premises is being developed by private investors SSYS Beatties Ltd, who bought the building for £3 million in February 2019.
The adjoining car park, including the Gorgeous nightclub on the ground floor, were built much later than the original store.
The site, in Skinner Street at the junction with School Street, is set to be redeveloped into residential apartments, with the Gorgeous nightclub to be relocated as part of the plans.
In a statement submitted alongside the application, Dave Carroll Planning – the agents acting on behalf of SSYS Beatties Ltd – said: “The proposal is to demolish the car park, add a car
parking basement with a commercial ground floor and six full floors of between 19 and 21 flats per floor.
“There will also be seventh and eighth residential floors with shared amenity space. Nearly all the flats will have at least one balcony – but all of them will have access to communal open space in the five amenity decks provided.
“The Gorgeous nightclub will be replaced by commercial floor space and relocated to a different site within the Beatties ‘estate’.”
St Peter’s councillor Qaiser Azeem (Lab) added: “The redevelopment of the former Beatties car park and Gorgeous nightclub into new apartments will be a welcome addition to the city centre.”