Prayers in a pub: green light for £200k conversion of former Antrim bar into rural church
The prayers of a Christian group have been answered after they were granted permission for a very different kind of conversion - to turn a former east Antrim pub into a church. The Sheddings, located between Broughshane and Carnlough, has been purchased by the New Dawn Church, which met previously at Broughshane Community Centre. Planning permission for the conversion was approved at a planning committee meeting of Mid and East Antrim council. The change of use will see an investment of £200,000 in the building, which will have a capacity to accommodate a congregation of 100 worshippers. Arc...