Task 4. Re-Appropriating The Past

In this task, we have been asked to walk around the Lace Market and uncover an Industrial Revolution era factory or commercial building which has been redeveloped and converted into new accommodation, retail, leisure or either a residential building. As I live within the Lace Market, I walk through it every day to get to university of the city centre, and I have already identified an old factory (of the industrial rev era) which has been converted into retail;47 Stoney Street. By using the Planning Portal on the Nottingham City Council website, I would like to explore the work done on the factory and any problems/constraints placed on the conversion. 

Fig 1. Location Plan of 47 Stoney Street (Nottingham City Council, 2004)

Fig 2. Corner of 47 Stoney Street
(Bagnall, 2014) 

 After looking on the Planning Portal on the Nottingham City Council, I found that to this present day, one conversion have been made to 47 Stoney Street with an alteration to a single floor made later on. The conversion was given planning permission in 1996, which allowed the original factory building to be converted into student accommodation. Like most industrial era factories, each floor was an open plan which had to be changed for the proposed conversion; therefore the addition of partitioning walls was approved in each floor to create the individual flats. As well as additional walls, planning approved the addition of dormer windows for the top floor accommodation, the addition of new external doors and finally the incorporation of a patio doors opening out onto a roof terrace (planning application reference 96/01919/LLIS1). In the same year, the conversion of the basement into a restaurant/bar was approved (planning application reference 96/01920/PFUL3).

The client/developer’s main intentions in this conversion were to provide addition accommodation to the public (aimed at students), turning an old and then disused factory building into accommodation with retail (bar/restaurant) below. Between the client/developer’s and the Local Authority there would have been some potential comprises made; for example as the building itself is Grade II listed, the exterior aesthetics could not be altered unless permission was granted (acceptable for new dormer windows). Also the consideration of the bar/restaurant in the basement of the building would have to of been considered, as this would bring a new social group of people to this quiet part of town (sound considerations to be considered).

Fig 3. Access to 47 Stoney Street (Bagnall, 2014)

Fig 4. View of Roof Terrace & Chimney
(Bagnall, 2014)

As previously mentioned 47 Stoney Street has more recently been under alteration work. In 2004 a planning application was submitted to alter the ground floor of the building from accommodation into retail/offices. Within this alteration, it was planned that the partition walls which were incorporated within the original conversion would be knocked down to once again create an open plan floor space. This open plan would be in keeping with the original factory floor design and also would be beneficial for retail/office use. Furthermore this planning application sought the creation of a new external door which would be in the place of an original door which was on the building when it was still a factory and removed during the conversion to accommodation.

Bibliography

Fig 1. Nottingham City Council, 2004.  Location Plan of 47 Stoney Street. Available at: http://publicaccess.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/online-applications/propertySearchResults.do?action=firstPage [Accessed 8th March 2014] 

Fig 2. Shaun Bagnall, 2014. 47 Corner of 47 Stoney Street. Photograph taken from 7^th March 2014.

Fig 3. Shaun Bagnall, 2014. 47 Access to 47 Stoney Street. Photograph taken from 7^th March 2014.

Fig 4. Shaun Bagnall, 2014. View of Roof Terrace and Chimney. Photograph taken from 7^th March 2014.

Nottingham City Council, 2014. 96/01919/LLIS1 (Ref No. . Available at: http://publicaccess.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=9601919LLIS1&documentOrdering.orderBy=description&documentOrdering.orderDirection=ascending [Accessed 8^th March 2014]

Nottingham City Council, 2014. 96/01920/PFUL3 (Ref No). Available at: http://publicaccess.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=9601920PFUL3 [Accessed 8^th March 2014]