DBG lines up next Hull project
Already working on the residential conversion of the city’s former Debenhams, the firm is tipped to secure consent next week for 164 flats on a Ferensway plot, once home to the Circus Circus nightclub.
Hull City Council’s planning committee meets next week, with officers recommending approval for the proposals, from South Yorkshire-based DBG Group.
The application site comprises cleared land and the former nightclub, and is located on land to the east of the key Ferensway road, north of North Street, west of the Shirethorn Centre, now known as City Point, and south of Spencer Street.
The site is surrounded by mainly residential uses including City Point, the Debenhams repositioning to the south – where work started onsite in May – and Kemley House to the north.
As outlined by officers, other offices and commercial uses lie to the west of Ferensway with St Stephens Shopping Centre to the south-west with various hotels, offices and F&B venues close by.
Place Yorkshire reported in February how, working alongside Stone Castle Architects and HMS Town Planning, DBG is looking to deliver a six-storey building comprising 164 homes and four ground-floor commercial units at Ferensway.
The housing mix would be broken down into five studio, 138 one-bed, 16 two-bed, and five three-bed apartments. DBG’s site is around 200m from Hull’s transport interchange.
No major issues have been brought up by statutory consultees for the site, which is mostly allocated for city centre housing.
A larger scheme, of 249 flats and six ground floor retail units, was approved in 2021, but the consent was never enacted.
Want to know more? Scheme documents can be seen on Hull’s planning portal, reference 26/00047/OUT.
