New flats could be created in former office space above the Hooters building in Liverpool city centre.
Plans have been submitted to Liverpool Council to transform vacant lots in New Zealand House into eight new apartments above the controversial restaurant. Proposals submitted by Wroot Design on behalf of their client said unused office space in the building would be converted into seven three-bed apartments and a further two-bed apartment.
A premises licence was agreed by the council for the American chain brand in February last year in the property previously occupied by the Newz Bar. It prompted a public outcry across the city, including from the Mayor of Liverpool, and has caused controversy in a row over signs put up outside the building without planning permission.
