Plans to convert disused Bridlington electronics shop into bar and bistro
It would see the disused shop brought back into use for the first time in almost eight years
Plans to convert a disused electronics shop into a bar and bistro have been lodged with East Riding Council.
Plans propose converting the disused store, in 108 Quay Road, into a cafe, wine bar and bistro.
They would see the disused shop brought back into use for the first time in almost eight years after it closed in July 2014.
The plans were lodged with East Riding Council by Joshua Power, of the Telegraph Inn pub which is next door to the shop.
Documents stated the bar and bistro would cover an area of 50sqm inside.
Proposed opening hours for the cafe are 9am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday.
The wine bar and bistro would open from 11am to 11pm everyday.
The applicant stated in planning documents the new venue could create four full time and three part time jobs.
The shop proposed for the conversion is in central Bridlington, north of the town’s railway station.
It is opposite Queen Victoria Gardens, home to Bridlington Magistrates Court and the Town Hall, with the Quay Road and Station Avenue roundabout also nearby.
The plans come after a number of former Bridlington shops have been converted into pubs and bars since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
An application to covert the former Memory Lane sweet shop, in Marshall Avenue, into a micropub was approved in April 2020.
The applicants had to deny the pub would play host to debauchery and wild partying after objections from the Bridlington Central Action Group over its location close to homes.
East Riding councillors passed the plans but banned live music in the venue.
The conversion of the former Dolphin Fish and Chips restaurant, also in Prince Street, into the G.O.A.T sports bar was given the go ahead in December 2020.
The council’s Licensing Act 2003 Sub-Committee approved Reece Holland’s application but imposed a condition that its rooftop terrace be closed off.
The decision came after locals living in nearby Britannia Court claimed they could hear noise from the concreted building even when windows were closed.
Councillors approved plans from Amber Taverns to convert Bridlington’s vacant Marks & Spencer, in Prince Street, into a pub, restaurant and adult gaming centre in March 2021.
The conversion, worth £1.2m, was approved despite claims from people living nearby that life would become unbearable due to noise and councillors’ concerns about gambling.
Councillors backed the plans after deeming that bringing the vacant store back into use outweighed the concerns.