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Search the Public Notice PortalHereford could get its first drive-through Starbucks coffee shop, in a repurposed building on the edge of the city centre.
A newly published planning application, number 261214, proposes new road access to the disused Victoria House off Eign Street immediately east of the current bus stop, which would be repositioned, enabling one-way vehicle route around the building.
There would be 17 new public car parking spaces, ten EV charging bays and “extensive” landscaping, while the first floor of the building would be turned into offices.
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Dating from the 1920s, the “substantial” though unlisted Victoria House was originally a private residence, before becoming offices for the then County Hospital between 1948 and 2002 – since when it has lain empty.
The current applicant, local property firm Arkwright Owens, bought it from the NHS 11 years ago, though it has suffered four separate arson attacks since, “leaving the structure unstable and in a precarious state”, its application says.
Earlier, in 2011, a bid was made to knock the building down and replace it with a retirement living complex, though this was refused permission a year later.
A subsequent attempt in 2018 to turn the existing building into a training facility was abandoned, apparently due to the “prohibitive” cost of renovating it, the current application adds.
It can be commented on until June 18.
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