Chesterfield's shutdown pub near town centre is facing demolition under plan for apartment block

The Bridge Inn on Hollis Lane and its associated car park is the site proposed for the three-storey building which would contain 15 flats.

An agent acting for Bobby Sall of Sall Estates Ltd has submitted an application to Chesterfield Borough Council seeking consent to demolish the pub and build the one-bedroom flats.

Hollis Lane to the south of the site is at a very low through to high risk of surface water flooding, states an assessment report. Environment Agency (EA) surface water flood maps show that most of the application site is at a very low risk of flooding, with approximately 30% of it at low risk.

The flood risk assessment report reads that the site is anticipated to flood during a 1 in 30 year event. When an allowance is made for climate change (+38%), the site is anticipated to be impacted by flood depths between 0.05m and 0.31m. “If the EA and Local Authority were amenable to the residential development of the site, the finished floor level of the proposed development would need to be raised a minimum of 600mm above the anticipated flood level for a 1 in 100 year + 38% for climate change flood event,” states the report.

Regarding the appearance of the proposed apartment block, a design and access statement reads: "The objectives of the design brief are to create an attractive, high quality, sustainable building, with saleable and/or rentable one-bed apartments, designed for the single person or couple markets. The design of the apartment building is to evoke the character of the area’s past, through materiality and detailing, while creating a distinct ‘look’ to create a new identity for the future.”

The Bridge Inn’s large car park hosted family fun days and coach trips to football matches, arranged by tenants of the pub over the years.

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