Hitchin's former Venue Bar on Bancroft set to be turned into flats
By Layth Yousif 5th Oct 2020
Hitchin's former Venue Bar on Bancroft is being turned into flats.
The site on Bancroft has been boarded up for a few months, with work set to start on converting the building into 13 apartments.
Conditional planning permission had been granted a full five years ago.
The original application, seen by Hitchin Nub News, requests a "change of use from offices (B1 use) and bar / nightclub (A4 use) to 2 x 1 bedroom flats and 11 x 2 bedroom flats."
A public comment lodged as an objection at the time stated: "Ground floors of buildings with prominent frontage to main streets of Hitchin Town should be left for commercial use & not turned into flats.
"Too many pubs/bars/clubs are being lost to restaurants/flats and the town is losing its nightlife."
However, North Herts District Council granted conditional planning approval on August 21, 2015.
The site had been through a number of name changes over the years including the Phoenix, the Tut'n'Shive and the Adam & Eve.
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