A PLAN to bring a beer and bottle craft bar to Wincanton has been resubmitted after it was initially refused by Somerset Council.
Applicant Nicholas Long submitted plans to renovate the ground floor of the former Wincanton Cobbler shop on the High Street to facilitate the new bar, complete with the conversion of the first-floor into a three-bed flat.
Somerset Council refused the application due to a lack of information about the plans for the second floor space, prompting new plans to be submitted.
The latest plans would see the second floor converted into a one-bed flat.
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Bell Associates Architectural Planning, on behalf of the applicant, said: “The applicants consider the proposed change of use will benefit the town with a new amenity outlet.”
They added: “Whilst the applicants believe patrons to the establishment will predominately be on foot, there is a significant amount of parking at the rear of the site if required.”
Access to the properties would be from the existing entrances from the High Street, with the double doors at the rear providing an emergency exit onto the rear yard.
The applicant reportedly wants to place tables and chairs outside these rear double doors when weather permits.
Plans are also in place to create a staircase to the upper floor, which would not be accessed from the proposed bar.
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