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Mar 2024
Updated plans revealed for former Harrogate strip club
Plans to convert the former Kings Club strip club in Harrogate into 14 apartments have been revised.
North Yorkshire Council approved plans by Harrogate developer Forward Investments LLP to turn the site into 12 flats last year. But further plans were then submitted for 14 apartments.
Those plans have now been amended to propose converting the former entrance to the club into a shopping unit on Cheltenham Parade, between SOAM Barber shop and Blamey's Florist. The entrance to the flats would be on Beulah Street.
The building, known as Villa Mercedes, ceased operating as a strip club during the first covid lockdown in 2020 and never reopened.
The 200-capacity venue was set out over two levels and included 25 strip booths as well as a large pole dancing stage.
Documents previously submitted to the council said the use of the site as an adult entertainment venue led to frequent anti-social behaviour issues. Planners concluded that converting the upper floors to a selection of “high-quality” two-bedroom apartments was the only viable economic use of the building.
The amended plans still propose 14 two-bedroom apartments, over three floors.
The new Villa Mercedes apartments floor plan created by J.C Robinson
A planning document says:
Today the architectural designer for JC Robinson, which is the firm behind the plans, said:
The deadline to submit comments on the amended plans is March 24.
The proposed site for a new shop.
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