Mixed-use scheme to re-open Nottingham pub tipped for go-ahead

How the new development will look

Plans to revive a Nottingham pub that first opened in Victorian times but has been derelict for seven years could be approved next week.

Nottingham City Council’s planning chiefs have said that a scheme to re-open The Grove pub and turn the upper floors into student flats should be given the go-ahead when the Planning Committee sits next Wednesday (19 December).

Plans have been submitted by Sam Burt to refurbish the former Grove pub and build an extension to its rear to provide 38 student bedrooms.

Leonard Design is the architect on the scheme which would transform the run-down former pub on Castle Boulevard in the Lenton district of Nottingham.

Sam Burt, director at Carlton Street Trading, the family-owned company behind the development, said: “Developments such as the Grove are prime examples of how we can bring derelict Victorian pubs back into the community. It would be a great shame for the community to lose these grand spaces so through regenerating the area surrounding the building and creating a new mix of uses, we’re aiming to get the pub back in use. It would be fantastic to see more of these developments happening across the city.

Leonard Design is the architect on the scheme.

John Morgan, director at Leonard Design, said: “It was really important to both our team and our client, Carlton Street Trading, that the high-quality Victorian architecture of The Grove was retained and incorporated into these new plans.

“The building has been derelict and boarded up for many years with the external facades, specifically some of the Victorian detailing, starting to show signs of decay. The redevelopment is therefore essential to the building’s survival and the proposed scheme retains as much of the original character as possible.

“It was important that the architecture of the new build element would complement that of the existing Grove pub as well as respond to the adjacent residential properties. We also needed to ensure that the new build proportion would stand out as a modern and quality piece of architecture in its own right. Therefore we based the designs loosely around the ‘architectural rules’ set out by the existing Grove building, but interpreted this in a contemporary way.

“We also wanted to ensure that the new build element would enhance the view towards the Grove pub from Abbey Bridge. This has been achieved through the angled façade with a series of feature angled ‘study bay’ windows to create interest and give the building its own identity.”

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