New images revealed of student scheme planned for former landmark retail store

New images have been revealed of how the former Marks & Spencer homewares store in Nottingham city centre will look if its receives planning permission to be turned into a student accommodation scheme.

The plans, revealed in January, show that 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.”