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A city centre office block could be turned into 90 new flats. MJS Construction (March) LTD seeks to turn the Churchgate building in New Road, Peterborough into 90 new flats, accompanied with 95 car spaces and 58 cycle spaces.

The office building currently houses a number of different organisations, including the DVSA Theory Test Centre and recruitment agency Reed in Partnership.

The building stretches over 5,955 sqm of floor space. If approved, the 90 flats will be split over four floors.

There flats would be split up as follows:

• Ground floor - nine flats in total. This includes eight one-bedded flats for one person and a single one-bedded flat for two people.
• First floor - 23 flats in total. This includes 13 one-bedded flats for one person, four one-bedded flats for two people and six two-bedded flats for three people.
• Second floor - 23 flats in total. This includes 13 one-bedded flats for one person, four one-bedded flats for two people and six two-bedded flats for three people.
• Third floor 23 flats in total. This includes 13 one-bedded flats for one person, four one-bedded flats for two people and six two-bedded flats for three people.
• Fourth floor - 12 flats in total. This includes a single one-bedded flat for one person, three one-bedded flats for two people and eight two-bedded flats for three people.

The proposals also include some changes to the courtyard area. These are to add eight new windows within the internal courtyard and three AOVs (automatic opening vents) in the pitch of the existing roof.

The applicant said these are “limited alterations”. The applicant added: “Their siting within the internal courtyard limits wider public visibility and avoids any material change to the overall scale, massing or architectural character of the building.

“The three AOVs are functional elements associated with the smoke ventilation strategy. They are located within the pitch of the existing roof in order to minimise visual impact.”

The change of use for the building doesn’t need a new access point created to get in or out of it. Therefore the flats are not proposed to “result in a material worsening of peak-hour traffic conditions”.

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