Proposals for the major redevelopment of Lincoln’s Lindongate Quarter have taken a step forward this week.
Joint landowners Lincolnshire Co-operative and Lincoln council have submitted an outline planning application for the 354,000 sq ft scheme.
Designed by architect Lyons Sleeman Hoare, the plans have been extensively revised to include a slight increase in retail and leisure space, alongside a large drop in the residential element, which will now house 21 riverfront flats instead of the circa 180 originally proposed. This reduction in residential space has helped with sensitive height issues in key areas of the historic city.
The plans also comprise around 218,000 sq ft of retail, plus a 100,000 sq ft department store anchor and 36,000 sq ft of restaurants, clustered round the waterfront of the River Witham. The scheme will address insensitive 1970s highways infrastructure and replace it with city blocks and streets as well as a bus station and 900-space car park.
The future of the Lindongate development had been unsure after preferred developer Brendon Flood’s Modus demise in 2009. The Lincolnshire Co-operative is now in talks with other potential development partners, as well as three potential operators for the department store anchor.
The development forms a key part of Lincoln’s city centre masterplan. A decision is due on the proposals in December.
Banks Long & Co and Lunson Mitchenall are joint letting agents for the development.
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