Wolverhampton's old Revolution bar could become restaurant and flats
A former bar in Wolverhampton which closed down eight years ago could be turned into a restaurant and flats, if plans are backed.
Proposals have been submitted to planning chiefs over Revolution Bar, on Princess Street in the city centre, which closed in 2013.
It shut after finance bosses said the performance of the site was "not sustainable" and the building has remained vacant ever since.
Now the city centre location could be transformed into a restaurant on the ground floor with a total of 25 flats built at the back of it.
A planning statement said: "This report has been prepared to accompany the planning application for the proposed change of use from a public house known as the former Revolution Bar at ground floor to residential flats including a rear three-storey extension to allow for further residential accommodation, totalling 25 [apartments].
"The front façade will be enhanced by repair and maintenance therefore avoid further dilapidation and continue to actively positively contributing to the Conservation Area by enhancement of its character and appearance."
The popular bar, which shut down in June 2013 with the loss of nine jobs, had seen a decline in income despite concentrating on peak trading periods of Friday and Saturday nights.
Sean Curran, from Inventive Leisure which ran Revolutions Bars in 2013, said at the time of the closure: "The closure was because of declining financial performance.
"The site has been under review for some time and we tried to reduce the cost of running it by concentrating on peak trading periods – such as Friday and Saturday nights – but even those have seen a decline in financial performance that was not sustainable for us."
It marks the latest proposal for apartments in the city centre after plans were submitted to transform Beatties' building and car park into more than 300 apartments.
