Plans have been submitted for a new apartment block to be built on the site of a former Hucknall pub.
Developer Saific Terra Ltd has put forward proposals to Ashfield District Council to build more than a dozen new apartments on the site of the former Chequers Inn pub in the town’s High Street.
The Chequers, which dates back to 1832 as a pub, closed in 2020 and the ‘derelict’ spot was then later refurbished and converted into four house in multiple occupation [HMO] units and apartments.
But the pub’s former car park still remains undeveloped and is currently used for parking and Saific Terra wants to use the space to build a new three-storey block containing 16 apartments.
According to planning documents, all flats would be one bedroom and would be classed as social and affordable properties.
The layout of the block would include six apartments on the ground and first floor, with four flats being built on the second.
According to documents, the block would be built from a ‘traditional’ red brick and aims to be a “modern interpretation” of the nearby Victorian terrace homes.
Six parking spaces are included in the plans, where anyone else wishing to park at the site would have to make use of the unrestricted on-street options nearby. The existing access to the car park from the High Street will remain.
Ashfield District Council will decide on the new block at a later stage.
By Lauren Monaghan, Local Democracy Reporter