Investment company seeks planning consent to convert ground floor of former Natwest bank to shop

A distinguished past but what next for the former Natwest bank?  

 

NEW life beckons for the former  Natwest bank in Cleethorpes.

A planning application has been submitted for change of use of the property, which is next to Marples restaurant at the top of Sea View Street.

If approved by North East Lincolnshire Council, the ground floor will become a shop while the first and second floor will become a two-bedroom apartment.

The conversion proposal for the 1925-constructed building has been submitted by the Grimsby-based Chester Investment Group.

It is not known if a potential retail occupant has been lined up.

On the other side of the street, the former HSBC bank has become a bar, while the ground of the former Barclays bank on High Street remains vacant though planning consent exists for conversion to catering use, either as a restaurant or a takeaway.

Meanwhile, there is no word yet on the potential future of Lloyds bank when it ceases trading from its premises on St Peter's Avenue at the end of this year.

The brick-built property has some interesting architectural features but not all the refurbishment of past years has been sympathetic