Students and the manager of an historic cinema in Lenton have welcomed plans to convert an old bank into a shisha bar. Proposals to transform the vacant site were approved during a council meeting in March.
Mr Usman Hussain submitted plans on behalf of Mr Umar Asghar at the end of last year and city councillors discussed the application during a planning meeting on Wednesday, March 23, where it was unanimously granted permission.
Mr Asghar is planning to convert the 1970s building into a restaurant, via an extension, with an open shisha area outside. It will sit next door to the historic Savoy Cinema, which is the only surviving pre-Second World War theatre in the city.
