News Tranformation bid for former bingo
Plans to create a major retail and residential development in the centre of Goole have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council in an attempt to regenerate the town.
A mixed-use development, made up of three retail units, ten apartments and two town houses, has been put forward by Mr Julian Read, of Arthur Read Jewellers, and is intended to be sited at 111 - 117 Boothferry Road.
It is proposed that the L-shaped development will replace Walkers Bingo on Boothferry Road, and will lead down into Jackson Street.
The retail units and apartments will front Boothferry Road, and the town houses will face onto the quieter Jackson Street.
The development will be two to three storeys in height. It is proposed that the ground floor will include a jewellery store on the corner, two further retail stores and two three-bedroom town houses.
On the first and second floor there will be eight one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments of various sizes.
To the rear of the site will be seven car-parking spaces for customers and residents, as well as a refuse collection area.
The design statement for the application, put together by Arthur Read and the Humphreys Teal Partnership, states: "This development will fit into the area well, especially with the retail usage running as a continuation to the frontage, and the area is also largely residential so the town houses and apartments fit into the whole character of the area.
"This development will equally be useful for the community in providing local employment and offering accommodation for the people in Goole.
"Having a good mix of uses is a vital part of creating sustainable places.
"Our proposal has been developed into three storeys after having pre-planning discussions with East Riding Council planning department. It was more favourable for our design to have more than two storeys."
The application's design statement boasts that the development would feature good lighting around the site, high-tech CCTV both internally and externally, and stainless steel bollards to protect the glazed areas from the risk of ram-raiding.
Helen O'Reilly, project architect with the Humphreys Teal Partnership, told the Goole Times this week: "This is going to help to regenerate the area."
Published on 17th January 2008 in News.
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