Plans for 100 new homes in Peterborough approved

An application has been approved by the city council to convert office space at Midgate House into 102 units.

The building currently has several retail units on the ground floor including Ladbrokes and Greggs which are not part of the plans.

Midgate House is also the home of the city’s dental access centre and the national offices for the Royal National Institute of Blind People.

The site was sold last autumn by Pelican Partners (Peterborough) LLP to First Urban. Its guide price had been in excess of £7 million.

The planning application was submitted to the council by First Urban which said several of the offices are currently vacant.

It was seeking approval through permitted development rules.

Under the plans are there will be no car parking, but 102 cycle racks will be provided.

Planning permission has previously been granted to change the upper floors into 63 residential units, but this had since elapsed.