Northgate, Cottingham

***ATTENTION DEVELOPERS***A rare development opportunity close to the centre of Cottingham village with planning permission. Needler Hall has extensive history having been originally constructed as a large private house in the 18th century. It was acquired by the university in the 1920's and predominantly served as a halls of residence which was home to the poet Roger McGough and Philip Larkin was appointed sub-warden at Needler Hall whilst serving as the universities librarian. The project has permission to convert the existing building into 8 large apartments which will make the most of the grandeur of the period building with four large 1 bedroom apartments to the ground floor and four 2 bedroom duplex apartments to the first and second floor. In addition, planning is in place for a 4 bedroom detached family home within the grounds as well as off street car parking for 15 vehicles to serve all units. Located in a prime position with easy access to all the facilities that Cottingham has to offer

Planning Permission

The site has planning permission to convert the existing building into 4 x 1 bedroom apartments and 4 x 2 bedroom duplex apartments (planning references 16/00075/STPLF & 22/02672/STVAR) and a 1 x 4 bedroom detached house (planning reference 22/02201/PLF).The plans also include the provision for off street parking for 15 vehicles, landscaping and refuse storage

Individual Unit Breakdown

Main House
Flat 1 - 1 bedroom ground floor - 53.8m2
Flat 2 - 1 bedroom ground floor - 47m2
Flat 3 - 1 bedroom ground floor - 56.2m2
Flat 4 - 1 bedroom ground floor - 57m2
Flat 5 - 2 bedroom first/second floor duplex - 81.9m2
Flat 6 - 2 bedroom first/second floor duplex - 90.1m2
Flat 7 - 2 bedroom first/second floor duplex - 79m2
Flat 8 - 2 bedroom first/second floor duplex - 88.2m2

New Build House
4 bedroom detached house - 102.5m2

Grounds & Car Parking

The planning permission includes the provision for off street parking spaces for 15 vehicles, landscaping and appropriate refuse storage areas

Section 106 Agreement

A section 106 agreement is in place and a condition of the planning permission. This requires an affordable housing contribution and recreational facilities contribution which totals approximately £30,000 and will be the responsibility of the purchaser and therefore should be factored into the overall costs to develop the site. Further details can be provided upon request

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Property Information

The property is currently in a state of disrepair and therefore internal viewings may be difficult. External viewing of the site can take place at any time but the protective Heras fencing must not be breached
EPC rating - N/A
Council Tax Band - Individual units will be classified upon completion
Broadband - Standard & Ultrafast are available in this general location
Mobile phone coverage - 1 network is listed as good both indoors and outdoors, 2 networks are listed as variable indoors and good outdoors with 1 further network listed as good - outdoors only. Please refer to the Ofcom website for further details
Flood risk - Very low