A cobbled courtyard area will be refurbished as part of the development. Ground floor space used by charity Refugee Action is not included in the plans. The application says the office space was from a time when businesses needed large spaces to store paperwork and files - something no longer needed due to modern IT systems. It says: “The existing offices are extremely large with 1,662 square metres space on the ground and first floor and 576 square metres of storage at basement level. They are therefore unsuitable for most modern commercial businesses which no longer require large areas to store files and large office spaces.