Plans for one of Derby’s oldest buildings to become a nursery have been refused over concerns the demolition of a surrounding historic wall would ‘harm the building’s status’, reports The Derby Telegraph.
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… rejected plans to give Grade I listed building The Homestead in Spondon a new lease of life…
The Derby Telegraph writes:
…. Derby City Council planners have officially rejected plans to give Grade I listed building The Homestead in Spondon a new lease of life – more than two years after plans were first submitted.
The Sitwell Street building is believed to have been built over several years between 1715 and 1736 and features nine bedrooms, a secret passageway, tunnels and a vaulted wine cellar. The mansion setting was previously used as guest house from 2004-2010… .
But in 2020 new plans for the building were submitted….
…. The city council responded again in January 2022 and said it was made aware of a ‘substantially revised’ plan which also included the partial removal of the front wall surrounding the property… which has caused the council to refuse the application.
