A developer wants to turn a former school in Gainsborough into new apartments.
Wright Leonard has applied to West Lindsey District Council to convert the former Lea Road School into 28 new units.
The developer said the principle elevation, fenestration and window styles will remain the same or close to the existing style, while a number of proposed roof terraces included in the plans will be hidden from street view.
“Our scheme is intended to bring life back into this run down and disused building, and provide affordable, quality spaces to live in the town of Gainsborough, while taking care to ensure the originality of the architecture remains,” said documents submitted to the authority.
The school was originally opened in 1906 and closed in the early 1990s.
It was later used as a business centre.
Photos submitted with the plans, however, show it with boarded up windows and doors sitting vacant on the street.
An image of how the build looks now.
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Executive board member for finance, Councillor Richard Fry said the build was an “investment to save project”.
The council expects a tourism surge once works to replace the Sutton on Sea Colonnade with a new build are completed, and combined with improvements taking place elsewhere in the district – including the new Coastal Pathway which links the observatory to Huttoft Boat Shed and other locations along the beachfront.
It is hoped the Broadway works will create an extra 30 spaces – from 120-150 – and will bring in around £60,000 a year extra revenue to the council.
“This investment will increase off-street parking capacity and income to Sutton on sea in future years, support and complement the sheduled towns fund investment plan project of Sutton on Sea colonnade redevelopment, ensure a greater sense of arrival, welcome, and civic pride and support adjacent High Street businesses.”
Following the meeting, Councillor Adrian Benjamin, who represents the Coastal Community Team, said he was glad it had been approved.
“At the moment the field is indeed turfed… but it is part mud, part puddles, and part scuffed up tarmac. Often in the summer cars park there only later to find themselves blocked in.”
He said there could be materials other than tarmac used to resurface the ground including “grasscrete”, but that there were also plans to include picnic areas, EV charging points and signage.
“This will be a major step towards the realization of the project due to start adjacent to this site, replacing the now demolished colonnade with an imaginative new seascape that will enshrine our resort’s past while bringing exciting new dimensions to life along our coast,” he said
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