Plans to transform the former offices of the Southport Visiter have been submitted to Sefton Council.
The historic building on Tulketh Street in Southport had been home to the resort’s local paper from 1899 until the office’s closure in 2014.
The Southport Visiter was founded by Robert Johnson who came to Southport from his home in York in 1837 attracted by the town’s sea air.