The upper floors of a prominent city building - once partly occupied by a French Connection store - are set to become flats.
The national retailer closed its Victoria Street store for good in January, with a sign in the window directing shoppers to House of Fraser or Meadowhall in Sheffield for further stock.
Plans have been tabled to make use of the upstairs areas - including the first and second floors and roof space.
If given the go-ahead, the move would create nine one and two-bed apartments.
Planning permission and listed building consent were previously agreed earlier this year to convert the upper floors into eight one and two-bedroom accommodation.
However, planning documents read: "After detailed commercial research into this site, we found that one-bedroom apartments are more sought after and better suited to the site constraints and location.
"The previous application contained a total of two one-bed apartments and six two-bed apartments.
"The new proposal for this site contains five one-bed apartments and four two-bed apartments.
"We feel this gives a better balance of accommodation, that is more suited to the potential market for this area.
"The new application changes are limited to the second floor of the building. This previously contained three apartments, with the new proposal splitting the space to create four one-bed apartments, bringing the total apartments in the building up to nine.
"The first and third floor remain the same as on the previously granted application."
Conservationist Hilary Silvester, executive chair of the Nottingham Civic Society, said: "One would hope they respect whatever original architecture and design there is inside there and that it's appropriately reconfigured or redesigned for apartments.
"Obviously we want the facade to remain recognisably what it was so I think (it should be) treated sensitively and with respect to the street scene.
"It's quite an imposing street."
The project concerns vacant office space and plans have been submitted to Nottingham City Council to change the use of the upper floors.
The planning agent, working on behalf of the applicant, was listed as JLK Architectural Design LLP.
Plans to convert the old Midland Bank and open the French Connection store, relating to the ground floor of the building, were approved back in 1998.
Reflecting on the clothes store's closure earlier this year, passersby said the former shop site would make a good space for a restaurant, cocktail bar, pub or homeware store.
