HMO plans for pub set for approval despite flood risk

PLANS to turn a vacant Long Eaton pub into 13 bedsits are set for approval, despite flooding concerns.

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The plans, from Libertas Homes, would see the former New Inn, which most recently traded as the Foenix Lounge, in Tamworth Road, into a HMO (house in multiple occupation) for up to 13 people.

Erewash Borough Council officers have recommended the plans are approved at a meeting next week.

The Environment Agency has objected due to insufficient details on the flood risk to the property, which sits in the “undefended” flood zones two and three - with three being the highest risk.

It says the scheme proposes that residents of the bedsits would be responsible for mounting and dismounting and maintaining flood barriers to prevent the flood risk to the building.