Plans to demolish a pub in Arnold to make way for retirement flats have been recommended for approval by planners.
The Friar Tuck, in Gedling Road, is currently owned by Greene King and was originally opened in 1958.
Retirement property company McCarthy and Stone had already submitted plans to demolish the pub in August last year, in favour of building a 51-bed retirement living development in its place.
The pub was then closed in October. Gedling Borough Council is now due to make a final decision on the development next week.
“The proposed development would comprise of self-contained apartments, with a mix of 15, two-bed apartments and 36, one-bed apartments, distributed across three floors,” planning documents say.
“The building would be L-shaped and centrally located. There will be a total of 22 off-street parking spaces, including two disabled spaces, provided within the site that would be accessed from a new site access off Gedling Road to the south of the existing access point.
“It is proposed that the area around the building would be a communal garden for the residents where it is proposed to introduce new tree and hedge planting in addition to paved patio areas.”
The applicant says there are 11 other pubs within a 15-minute walk
of the site, which it considered enough to “constitute a sufficient level of provision within the vicinity, which can be accessed by walking, cycling and public transport.”
The developers would pay £70,000 towards facilities in the local area, including £21,000 towards improving a nearby bus stop, £27,600 towards local GP practices and £13,800 towards future affordable housing.
The plans have been recommended for approval at a Gedling Borough Council Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday (February 12).
