Former Hertfordshire nightclub could become restaurant and flats

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A former nightclub in Hertfordshire could be turned into a restaurant and flats.

7-11 Bull Plain in Hertford used to be home to Popworld, but has lain empty since it closed in July last year.

Chandarana Developments Hertford Ltd has asked East Herts Council for planning permission to turn the empty building into a ground-floor restaurant, with six flats on the first and second floors. 

The exterior of the former Popworld nightclub in Hertford. Credit: BBR Design/East Herts Council planning portal.

Four of the flats would be one-bedroom and two would be two-bedroom. A small single-storey extension would be built to create a larger restaurant kitchen. 

The applicant said: “The scheme would retain commercial activity at ground-floor level within the town centre [and] introduce self-contained homes within a central location close to services and public transport.

“The site is a brownfield location, and the reuse of existing buildings to create residential accommodation is supported in planning policy, both at national and local level.”

The applicant said the restaurant’s proposed opening hours would be until 10pm on weekdays and until midnight at weekends.

A decision on whether to grant planning permission for the change of use has not yet been made.

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