Plans to put an ice cream parlour in a York working men’s club have been approved.
The ice cream parlour is set to open in the former storage room on the right of the entrance to St Lawrence Working Men’s Club, in Lawrence Street.
Plans were approved by City of York Council officers after no objections were received.
It comes after plans for the ice cream parlour were first lodged in spring.
Most recently, number 27 Lawrence Street has been home to the SL27 bar with flats above.
A spokesperson previously told YorkMix: “The club will still be open and running with hopefully an ice cream parlour situated at the front of the building which we hope will be a great asset to the community.”
The conversion of the 8.75sqm storage room would see a counter installed for displaying and selling ice cream and associated food and drink.
An existing internal doorway to the storage room is set to be removed and new access to the ice cream parlour created at the front of the building.
A council report on the plans stated that although there was a contrast between it and the working men’s club, it would function independently from the rest of the building.
The report stated: “The working men’s club would be unimpacted other than by the loss of a small storage area which may be resited elsewhere in the building.
“The use would contribute to the range of services offered locally and and would not, by virtue of its small scale, have a significant detrimental impact upon the area.
“The proposed works would will respect the general character of the building and area and the impact on the amenity of neighbouring residents would be acceptable.”
St Lawrence Working Men’s Club first moved into what was a bed and breakfast in the mid-2000s.
Its billards room on the building’s first floor was converted into a flat in 2016.