Former abattoir to become pop-up restaurant and bar

The former abattoir will feature a restuarant and bar

A new "pop-up" restaurant has been granted a premises licence at a former abattoir in Bath.

It is the latest culinary venture by the Walcot Group that runs Walcot House and Green Street Butchers in Bath, along with Mother and Wild in Corsham.

Located on Cheltenham Street in Westmoreland, what was once an abattoir is now a production kitchen for the owner's local restaurants, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

An application to secure an alcohol licence for the external courtyard states: "We wish to utilise this space - Cheltenham Yard - by providing a licensed 'pop-up restaurant' with pizza oven, grill, and bar." Some neighbours voiced objections though about it creating more noise at night in a predominantly residential street.

How will they sleep?

The group applied for a licence to sell alcohol until 22:00 every day and to close at 22:15.

Neighbour Emma Sinden objected to the proposal and told Bath and North East Somerset Council’s licensing sub-committee the street was almost completely residential and about 80% of the houses had young children in them.

Ms Sinden, who was joined by other neighbours at the meeting, said she was concerned about the noise of people drinking, among other issues.

She said: "I think its going to be very difficult to get a five-year-old child to sleep at seven O’ Clock at night."

'Not a boozer'

Agent for the applicants, Terrill Wolyn, said: "They are responsible applicants who have invested in their premises and their staff.

"They have a positive impact on the communities they serve and there's no better example of this than they way they transformed what was previously the old Club XL premises on Walcot Street."

She added the premises would be "a restaurant with table service where the emphasis is on good food — this is not a boozer, a nightclub, or an end of night destination".

Deborah Still from the Walcot Group added: "A lot of flats in that area don't have access to gardens, so this gives them somewhere to come outside."

Members of the licensing subcommittee approved the licence as applied for.