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Approved - Clarence Yard A FISH and chip shop will be transformed into four homes after councillors gave plans the green light. The Stockvale Group, owners of Adventure Island, have been handed permission to overhaul the Clarence Yard restaurant after it became financially unviable in the Covid pandemic. The £600,000 project will see the building converted into three one-bedroom homes and a two-bedroom home, The façade of the locally listed building will be largely retained. Philip ...

There are currently four flats based on the first and second floors. A new three-storey building is also proposed to the back of the site which would provide space for a house for multiple occupation. Fattal Capital says the proposals will “revitalise a vacant but prominent building” in High Street, and contribute to “urban regeneration” of the town centre. It also claims improvements will bring life to the area and help reduce crime. No objections have yet been raised by cons...

There are currently four flats based on the first and second floors. A new three-storey building is also proposed to the back of the site which would provide space for a house for multiple occupation. Fattal Capital says the proposals will “revitalise a vacant but prominent building” in High Street, and contribute to “urban regeneration” of the town centre. It also claims improvements will bring life to the area and help reduce crime. No objections have yet been raised by cons...

A FISH and chip restaurant is set to be replaced by flats in a £600,000 scheme after bosses claimed parking charges and high street decline hit the business hard. Stockvale, the parent company of Adventure Island and other Southend hotspots, is behind the plans for the Clearance Yard restaurant in Clarence Street. If agreed, the development would see the restaurant and offices converted into four new flats. Bosses say they will try and open on a few busy days but the end of the restaur...

A FISH and chip restaurant is set to be replaced by flats in a £600,000 scheme after bosses claimed parking charges and high street decline hit the…

AN ISLE of Wight businessman who turned his life around to helm a successful digital marketing agency has given some insight into his reformation and his companys work through the pandemic. Charlie Clark, managing director of Minty Digital, grew up on the Island and moved between towns during his formative years. Regularly getting into trouble with the law, at 17, he made a decision to leave the Island for a time ­— to make a new start in Brighton. Eleven years later, he is the found...