Long-awaited residential scheme wins backing of planning chiefs

Plans to build some 141 apartments on the southern gateway to Nottingham city centre have been given the backing of planning bosses ahead of a planning committee meeting next week.

Long-awaited plans from Arkwright Property Company include developing out 1 Wallett Street, on the edge of the Meadows area of the city, as part of a development which would see industrial units on the site demolished and a private rented sector (PRS) scheme brought forward.

Arkwright’s scheme has been in the planning since 2018, according to documents seen by TheBusinessDesk.com. Initial plans showed a larger development of 10 storeys housing 248 flats. After meetings with Nottingham City Council, this has been scaled down to 141 flats across 4-7 storeys.

The scheme is being designed by CBP Architects of Nottingham. A planning statement submitted by the company says: “Sitting within the proposed Meadows Gateway, the site forms part of the Southside Regeneration Area and is within the Zone of Reinvention as defined by the Nottingham City Centre Urban Design Guide. The Nottingham Local Plan Review describes the area as having the ‘potential to become a vibrant extension to the city centre and a gateway into the city from the South.”

Nottingham City Council’s planning committee will vote on the scheme next Wednesday (November 23).