Student flats plans for landmark retail store

Plans to turn a former Marks & Spencer homewares store in Nottingham city centre into student accommodation and new retail space have been revealed.

Hunter UK Retail wants to partially demolish the ground to second floors of 22-26 Lister Gate and develop a 5/6 storey new build residential scheme with two new retail units.

The scheme would 56 studio apartments and 100 cluster flats.

The building has been vacant since Marks & Spencer closed its homewares department at the buidling in March of last year.

A planning statement prepared by law firm Freeths reads: “The proposed scheme maximises the opportunity of regenerating a brownfield site within the heart of the city centre.

“As existing, Stanford Street is exposed to the servicing yard of Lister Gate properties, together with modern extensions which have a negative impact on the character and appearance of the conservation area. The proposed development repairs the street-scene with a scheme that balances the
need to be sensitive to the scale and character of surrounding development, whilst making best use of land.”