Plans passed to turn Nottingham restaurant into trampoline park

Plans to turn a buffet-style restaurant into a trampoline park have been passed by Nottingham City Council in a move which could create 40 jobs.

The Cornerhouse unit, currently occupied by World Cuisine Buffet, and before that Red Hot World Buffet, it set to be transformed into a 26,350 sq ft facility, complete with Bear Grylls fitness classes.

World Buffet said in August it would surrender the lease to the unit should planning permission be granted, with a company called Oxygen Freejumping taking over.

As well as the trampoline centre, the new development will include a reception area, changing facilities, safety briefing area, staff room/management offices, party rooms and a café/restaurant area.

A letter from chartered surveyors Montagu Evans to Nottingham City Council reads: “The proposed change of use from restaurant to a trampoline centre, with ancillary restaurant/café, would deliver a high quality leisure facility in the heart of Nottingham city centre, which would complement the existing range of town centre uses in the city centre as a whole and those included in Cornerhouse itself.

“The proposals would result in the re-occupation of a vacant unit, thereby creating additional activity, and would contribute to the vitality and viability of the city centre. In land use terms, the proposals are considered to be consistent with the policy objectives of the Development Plan.”