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| Richard III museum plans in Leicester expected to be approved | Richard III museum plans in Leicester expected to be approved |
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| Plans are expected to be approved for a new Richard III museum in Leicester. | Plans are expected to be approved for a new Richard III museum in Leicester. |
| The £4m proposal by Leicester City Council will be considered by the council's planning committee later. | The £4m proposal by Leicester City Council will be considered by the council's planning committee later. |
| The former Alderman Newton School in St Martins Place, which is a derelict Grade II listed building, will form part of the visitor centre. | The former Alderman Newton School in St Martins Place, which is a derelict Grade II listed building, will form part of the visitor centre. |
| The remainder of the site will be built on and around the car park where Richard III's skeleton was discovered. | The remainder of the site will be built on and around the car park where Richard III's skeleton was discovered. |
| The site, which falls into the Cathedral Guildhall Conservation Area, will also include a new courtyard garden, glass entrance hall and viewing balcony. | The site, which falls into the Cathedral Guildhall Conservation Area, will also include a new courtyard garden, glass entrance hall and viewing balcony. |
| Nisha Poppat, the council's business and development manager for arts and museums, said: "We are pretty confident this will get permission. We have done a lot of work to ensure we are putting in a design that meets the conservations needs of the area and planning requirements." | |
| Paul East from Neighbour Architects added: "We have been very careful in wanting to protect the site in the archaeological digs and we are trying to do something that is respectful to the grave enclosure and something we hope people will enjoy and walk away from having had a good experience." | Paul East from Neighbour Architects added: "We have been very careful in wanting to protect the site in the archaeological digs and we are trying to do something that is respectful to the grave enclosure and something we hope people will enjoy and walk away from having had a good experience." |
| If approved, work will start on the museum next month and is expected to be completed by spring 2014. | If approved, work will start on the museum next month and is expected to be completed by spring 2014. |