Plans have been submitted to Bolton Council to transform The Royal Lodge, on the junction of Vernon Road and Davenport Road, following its closure in March this yr.
The 2-storey pub opened for the ultimate time on Sunday, March 22, after its operator introduced the venue was to shut and be offered.
Now, a planning software is in search of permission to show the outstanding constructing into lodging for 12 individuals.
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Paperwork submitted right now (August 24) with the appliance present the plans would create six en-suite bedrooms on the bottom ground and an additional six en-suite bedrooms upstairs.
Shared kitchen and dwelling services would even be offered, whereas the prevailing automobile park on the rear can be used for amenity house, parking, safe cycle storage and waste storage.
The planning assertion describes the previous pub as a outstanding characteristic of the road scene and says it’s “probably generally known as an area landmark”.
Beneath the proposals, there can be no vital modifications to the outside of the constructing, with its current doorways, home windows and distinctive architectural options retained.
Pub promoting can be eliminated, however the phrases “The Royal Lodge” on the stone parapet would stay.
The appliance argues that discovering a brand new use for the constructing would assist safe its future.
The planning assertion says: “As a result of a downturn within the normal pub commerce over the previous years it’s unlikely that the constructing will probably be secured once more for long-term use as a public home and as such it’s affordable that another use be discovered.”
Against the law affect evaluation produced by Higher Manchester Police’s Design for Safety crew has additionally been submitted as a part of the appliance.
It confirms the proposed change of use to a 12-bedroom HMO and says the at present vacant constructing may in any other case give rise to issues together with fly-tipping, legal injury, loitering and drug or alcohol misuse.
Nonetheless, the evaluation recognized a lot of safety measures which might have to be addressed for Design for Safety to assist the scheme.
These embrace measures to guard the privateness and safety of ground-floor bed room home windows subsequent to the pavement, burglary-resistant doorways and home windows, safe publish preparations and an audio-video entry system.
A separate noise evaluation was commissioned to look at whether or not the constructing can be appropriate for residential use.
It discovered highway site visitors on Vernon Road and the encircling highway community was the dominant supply of noise.
The evaluation concluded that required indoor noise ranges may solely be achieved with home windows closed and another technique of air flow.
It stated various measures, corresponding to mechanical or hybrid air flow, could subsequently be wanted if overheating happens.
Regardless of this, the acoustic consultants concluded that noise “shouldn’t be a limiting issue” within the planning software.
The Royal Lodge had been operated beneath Admiral Taverns’ Correct Pubs division earlier than its closure.
When the closure was introduced, the corporate stated it had taken the choice to promote after concluding the pub didn’t have a viable long-term future.
The pub held a farewell celebration earlier than its closure.
The planning software will now be thought-about by Bolton Council.
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