Permission secured for six-storey city centre apartment block

A six-storey residential development will be built on a brownfield site in Leicester city centre.

Specialist urban planning consultancy, Hybrid Planning & Development, has gained planning consent for the scheme.

Working on behalf of a private developer and alongside Leicester-based architects, InkDrawn, Hybrid’s application will see the construction of 21 one and two-bedroom apartments and associated amenities on a derelict site on the corner of Jarvis Street and All Saints Road.

Claire Day, director and co-founder of Hybrid Planning & Development, said: “Following a series of proactive negotiations with the local authority, including an effective pre-application process, we’ve been able to bring forward viable plans for a characterful new development that will complement the heritage of the area.

“The approved development at Jarvis Street will bring a vacant site back into productive use, providing high quality homes for Leicester’s young professionals, postgraduates and new families.

“It will also restore the overall street pattern, which includes the locally listed and recently restored Great Central Railway Station as well as the former Generator House, thought to have been built to power the railway station.”

In addition to the apartments, the development will include a ground floor lobby, communal lounge, cycle storage, refuse storage and visitor car parking.

Designs for the development were drawn up by InkDrawn. Director, Daniel Nestoruk, explained: “Jarvis Street in its current guise really detracts from its historic neighbourhood, so we were keen for our design to reverse this as well as celebrate the railway heritage.

“The six-storey building is arranged within a triangular shaped block and has a tapered design with a flat roof.

“We particularly focused on the brickwork detailing and the material palette comprises a multi tone light grey brick with a contrasting darker grey brick to create a contemporary, industrial appearance.”