By Matt Jarram, Local Democracy Reporter
A major development to bring new homes to Sneinton includes an apartment block built on top of a two-storey car park.
Nottingham City Council’s planning officers have recommended that permission is granted for the housing development in Burrows Court in Windmill Lane.
The application has been submitted by CPMG Architects on behalf of Landmark Capital Investment.
The proposed development would be positioned around Burrows Court, a 19-storey tower block built in 1967.
The Burrows Court tower block contains 130 flats, which are occupied.
Planning permission is sought for a residential development comprising of 15 houses, an apartment block containing 41 flats, associated roads, parking, and landscaping.
Thirteen of the proposed houses either face Windmill Lane or are accessed from a shared driveway off that road.
Two further houses would be located in the southwest part of the site.
Nine houses facing Windmill Lane would be three storey at the front and, due to changes in level, two storey at the rear.
These houses would be three bed, with lounge, kitchen and bathrooms.
Six of the houses would be two storey with two bedrooms.
All houses would have one off-street parking space to the front and would have rear gardens. Materials are red brick and dark grey roof tiles.
The existing two storey car park would be retained, containing 107 spaces for use of the flats.
The new three storey block of flats would be built on top of the car park and would contain 41 flats, twelve being two bed and 29 being one bed.
The building would be flat roofed and constructed of a mix of red and black brick.
Sneinton Neighbourhood Forum welcomed the scheme but expressed concern about the lack of landscaped front gardens for the new houses on Windmill Lane and requested that additional planting is introduced.
Two people raised concern about the welfare of badgers on the site, one objected on grounds of increased on-street parking and two people welcomed the proposals as “bringing the area back to life”.
Planning officers at Nottingham City Council believe planning permission should be granted.
The council has also asked for a financial contribution from the developer of £491,422 towards affordable housing and £97,564 towards open space improvement.
The planning officer in charge of the application said: “The layout of the development responds well to the site, providing a frontage to Windmill Lane, utilising the existing two storey car park and retaining the well landscaped areas of the site.
“The combination of proposed dwelling types and detailing will provide an appropriate quality of built finish to the development and the development will have its own identity within the area.
“The scale of the proposed development is considered to be in keeping with the area.
“The three storey flats building would be constructed on the existing, dated car park, improving the overall appearance of the site.”
Councillors will decide the fate of the application when they meet on Wednesday, April 20.
