Bid for 8 homes in former Barclays bank to be discussed by council

Plans for eight homes in a former Barclays bank in Felixstowe are set to be discussed by the town council.

Iveagh Properties has made the application to convert the former two-storey bank building on the corner of Hamilton Road and Victoria Street.

Felixstowe Town Council is set to discuss these plans on Wednesday.

After the meeting, the authority would be able to submit its comments on the plans for East Suffolk Council to consider before deciding on them.

While a maximum of 34 people could stay in the property at any given point, the applicants have made no additional parking provisions, other than the existing spaces at the back of the building.

Suffolk County Council's Highways Committee has now put its own conditions on the plan.

It asks that the applicants provide extra parking spaces, provisions for street parking and travel plans for the residents of the building.

The county council also asked that Iveagh Properties make a provision for electric vehicle charging points and space for recycling bins.

The site was formerly used by Barclays, which closed in June 2022, after revealing that the number of counter transitions in the branch had dropped for two years leading up to the first lockdown.

These plans currently ask for flats in the two-storey building with a single-storey extension to the rear to provide more homes.

With the existing flat on site, these plans will take the total number of flats to nine. A maximum of 34 people could stay at the site at any given point.

The gym that occupies a large part of the building will remain as it is.

The applicants said: "The proposal is considered to respect the existing building and will deliver a design quality that respects and preserves the features of the building whilst enhancing the building to enable its continued longevity well into the future."

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