FISH SHOP CONVERSION PLAN FOR RESORT'S FORMER BARCLAYS BANK HAS HAD ITS CHIPS

                                    

Fish shop plan withdrawn, so what next for former bank building?

PLANS to convert the ground-floor of the former Barclays Bank in Cleethorpes to a fish and chip restaurant and takeaway have unexpectedly been withdrawn.

In its days as a bank, confidential conversations between staff and customers could be heard by immediate neighbours because of poor sound insulation.

What is more the sound of residents' TVs sometimes could be heard within the bank.

This had given rise to concerns that noise might be a real issue if the premises were to become a chippie.

Potential frying smells and other nuisance may also have come into the equation.

However, another major factor may have the cloud cast by inflation affecting costs of fuel, fish, cooking oil and potatoes.

In the wake of uncertainties created by Covid and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many businesses are having to rethink - ie scale back - their investment plans.

The application had been submitted by Mr Davey Smith - director of the long-established  Ernie Beckett's chippie in Cleethorpes Market Place.