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A former Dover nightclub that was ravaged by fire two years ago could be turned into 29 flats with no parking.
The 1950s building in Adrian Street, last known as Club Karma, will be demolished and two blocks will be built in its place containing the dwellings and a home working hub if permission is granted by Dover's planning department.
Plans were submitted on Monday, May 18, by Emervest Ltd of Caterham in Surrey and had been drawn up by Holbrook Griffith Development Ltd.
Statutory consultees have not yet provided their responses and there are no public comments despite the 0.05ha area site having no provision for parking.
The application lists the loss of six parking spaces and the creating of 58 cycle spaces with charging points for electric bikes.
The design and access statement says its location, eight minutes walk from Dover Priory railway station and four minutes from Pencester bus station, has led to a sustainable transport strategy for the site.
The look will utilise red brick with white render banding "to create an architectural statement on a gateway site location" and it will help provide "critical mass to support the new shops and services provided in the newer town centre regeneration projects".
An independent archaeological report said 12 scheduled monuments are recorded in the study area, alongside 99 Listed buildings, of which 12 are situated within 200m of the site.
The document lists the historical finds near to the site including the Bronze Age Boat, dated 1550 BC, under what is now Snargate Street and the remains of a Roman bath house known locally as the Roman Painted House to the east of York Street.
The study judges the potential for Romano-British finds or medieval features as high and there is a moderate potential for finding prehistoric activity from the Neolithic to the Iron Age period.
Although the application form said there are protected and priority species on the site an ecological survey noted none during the site visit.
The building had been run as a night club for decades and has been known as Nu Age and Studio 24 before taking the name Club Karma.
It was the subject of an arson attack in July 2018.
The plans, ref 20/00510, can be viewed by clicking here.
