A PIZZA restaurant has applied to take over a closed-down city centre bar.
The Bar in the Square, in Winchester’s Square, closed in November - four weeks after its launch party and five months after it opened.
Now The Stable Bar and Restaurant Ltd has applied for planning permission for alterations to the shop front, with new signage, lighting and replacement of the roof top plant equipment.
The company already has restaurants in Bristol, Bath, Bridport, Falmouth, Fistral Beach, Weymouth and Poole.
The design statement in the planning application says: “We are led to believe that the current use of the building as a bar is not supported by local residents, and given its current condition and appearance we hope you are in support of this applicant’s intention to open a restaurant at this premises.”
The consultation period closes on March 19.
The Stable Bar and Restaurant Ltd had not responded to the Chronicle’s request for comment at the time of going to press.
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