EMPTY CLEETHORPES SHOP COULD BE CONVERTED TO A HOT-FOOD TAKEAWAY BUSINESS

Empty now but soon to be a takeaway?

ANOTHER empty Cleethorpes shop could  be converted to a hot-food takeaway premises,

At a planning meeting on Wednesday, councillors will be recommended to grant consent for change of use of 15 High Street - a flat-roofed building on the corner with Osborne Street.

Approval would breach North East Lincolnshire Council's policy of protecting "the vitality and viability of town centres and, in particular, primary shopping areas".

What is more, the takeaway would most likely be closed for most of the day presenting a 'dead' frontage to High Street.

But a report from case officer Jonathan Cadd states: "High street retailing is in a very uncertain period, not just with impacts of the pandemic but also the wider impacts. 

"The site is currently vacant and has been since before the pandemic and already presents a dead frontage.

"It is considered, therefore, that the proposal to bring this property back into use would, on balance be positive and  support the late night economy of Cleethorpes." 

The applicant is Mr R. Celik.