Decision due on plans for old warehouse site

A DECISION on fresh plans for a 270-bed student accommodation building in Nottingham is due to made today.

The development, which would be built on Triumph Road in Lenton at the former John Player warehousing site, has been recommended for approval when it goes before Nottingham City Council’s planning committee.

The project was approved by the council in February last year and a number of changes to the proposals now also look set to also be approved by the authority.

The warehous –, which has been boarded up for the past decade has been knocked down in order to make way for the new development.

Applicants Cassidy Group want to build four cluster bedroom flats, 183 studio flats and 17 one-bedroom flats within the complex, which falls within the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus.

The number of beds on offer at the accommodation has been increased from the original plans from 204 to 270.

The building will now be five storeys and will include more cluster flats rather than studios.

The number of car parking spaces has been reduced from nine to six, while storage for 72 bikes has been provided. A new substation has also been added to the site.

Concerns have been raised by a councillor about the number of beds and lack of facilities provided by the development which they say “lacks any imagination”.

A report, submitted to the planning committee before the meeting, states: “Whilst it is acknowledged that the total number of bedrooms has increased, the revised scheme creates a more varied mix in the type and size of accommodation, significantly increases the amount of communal space and has led to an overall reduction in the footprint and volume of the building.”

It continues: “The proposed scheme is considered to be acceptable in terms of its location, number and quality of bedrooms.”