Site facelift for award-winning Worksop firm -- all the latest Bassetlaw plans
The Worksop base of a successful company that helps sports events and music festivals run smoothly could be set for a facelift.
Grassform Turf Care Ltd is an award-winning supplier and installer of ground-protection panels and boards and grass-reinforcement products.
The organisers of outdoor events regularly use its products to set up temporary roadways, geogrids or TuffTrak heavy-duty access mats.
Grassform’s Worksop site, at Bonemill Lane, off Gateford Road, is used for the storage and servicing of ground-protection panels, which are then hired out.
But the site, which spans 4,948 square metres, is in need of an upgrade. So a planning application has been submitted to Bassetlaw District Council by Mark Dunning, one of two founders and directors of the company, which has its headquarters in Essex.
The plan is to demolish all bar one of the existing five buildings, remove a defunct weighbridge and install new office, administration and staff welfare accommodation.
The application says: “Most of the single-storey buildings are redundant or unsuitable. They are old and difficult to keep to a standard which is suitable for a modern workplace.
"The only building that would be retained is the largest, which is a portal frame industrial building.”
If the scheme is given the go-ahead, Grassform expects to create two new jobs at the site, adding to the 24 employees already there. Fourteen of these work on deliveries, while the other ten work at the site full time.
"The development is expected to underpin the long-term future of the site,” the application adds.
Details of the plan have been drawn up by Robin Ashley Architects, of Sheffield. They also include parking spaces for six cars, two bicycles, three HGV lorries and one disabled vehicle.
The council’s planning officers are currently considering the scheme and have set a deadline date for a decision or recommendation of Tuesday, March 25.
Other planning applications received by Bassetlaw Council include these:
Earle House, Blyth Road, Oldcotes – erect two-storey front extension and entrance canopy, plus single-storey rear extension.
St Paul’s Church, Church Lane, West Drayton – work to trees covered by preservation order.
Lyndale, Church Lane, West Drayton – double garage.
Land next to A161 and oil wells holes, Beckingham Road, Beckingham – retrospective change of use of land for the siting of three residential static caravans and three touring caravans, the erection of three stables and the refurbishment of existing hard-standing.
Top Farm, Main Street, Bothamsall – extension to existing dwelling and conversion of ancillary outbuildings.
13 Long Meadows, Everton – single-storey rear extension and two-storey side extension, including new front porch.
28 Dragonfly Way, Rhodesia – single-storey rear extension.
Thievesdale House, Blyth Road, Worksop – demolition of two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling.
57 Baulk Lane, Harworth – change of use of existing garage into hair salon and utility room.
Swallow Nest, Town Street, Askham – building of new garage and glazed corridor connection to dwelling.
Yew Tree Cottage, Greenside Avenue, Rampton – work to trees covered by preservation order.
9 Highfield Grove, Carlton in Lindrick – erect single-storey side extension to include annexed accommodation, and also single-storey rear kitchen and dining room extension.
KSR Accountants, The Old Buttermarket, Market Place, Tuxford – install replacement shop front and door.
2 Jubilee Road, Retford – work to tree covered by preservation order.