Green light for major renovation at 2 Royal Avenue
Renovations for the publicly owned 2 Royal Avenue building have been given the green light at City Hall, with plans to open up the rear of the building onto Bank Street, and improve the front entrance.
The building, formerly used by Tesco, is a two storey high Victorian sandstone B+ graded listed building. It is in a prominent position facing onto Royal Avenue and was extensively extended to the rear of the site facing onto Bank Street late last century.The proposal will open up the rear of the building with a new pedestrian entrance. This includes removing the existing palisade fence, to be replaced with bollards.
In January 2022 the Planning Committee agreed a temporary 2 year change of use of the ground floor at the former Tesco Metro store to a “community, recreational and cultural space to facilitate multi-disciplinary uses.” The council report states: “The proposed works are to the rear extension of the building which was constructed during the 1990s and will retain the essential character of the building. The proposal will open up the rear of the building by removing the unsightly palisade fencing and utilising bollards instead, this will improve the setting of the listed building.
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