Bid to open new club on industrial estate thwarted

AN appeal over a rejected plan to convert a unit on an industrial estate into a club has been refused by a government inspector.

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Sandwell Council refused a bid to convert the unit in Willow Court off Crystal Drive, Smethwick, into the Capri Bar and Lounge saying it would be “incompatible” with its neighbours.

The applicant, Carlos Douglas, appealed to the government's planning inspectors in a bid to get the decision overturned but was refused.