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NUNEATON has a new library and business centre on the way due to the transforming Nuneaton programme which received a major boost with outline planning permission granted.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s Planning Committee approved the work which will start on the library and business centre along with up to a 65-unit housing development.
It will be located on the existing Royal Mail Delivery Office and will drive footfall through the town and delivering to key services to Nuneaton’s residents and businesses.
Approval has also been given for the housing development on brownfield land east of the new library and business centre, between Justice Walk and Vicarage Street, to be delivered as a partnership by Warwickshire Property and Development Group (WPDG) and the County Council.
Coun Peter Butlin, said: “This is positive news and will create some real momentum as work gets underway to bring an outstanding new library for residents and a prime facility and location in which businesses can prosper.
“The residential development will benefit the town by providing much needed, high-quality homes, increasing town centre footfall, creating opportunities for businesses and employment with the subsequent boost to the town centre economy.”
Stuart Buckley, managing director of Warwickshire Property and Development Group, said: “This mixed-use scheme will bring widespread benefits to the community, the local economy and attract new residents and businesses to Nuneaton town centre.
“This will deliver much needed new homes for the town centre, space for innovative businesses to grow and a high-quality facility for all of the community. We look forward to progressing this to the next stage.”
