PLANS to redevelop the site of a popular live music venue to create 10 new homes have been submitted to Poole council.

Mr Kyps hosted its last gig earlier this month after nearly two decades of being open in Ashley Cross.

Property developer Bill Buckler, of Bayview Developments, purchased the club site - which has suffered structural and maintenance problems in recent years – last summer and decided to close it, making way for the new development. He plans to build eight flats and two detached coach houses.

The proposals for the Parr Street site include refurbishing a Grade II listed building, recently used as a health and fitness club, and extending it range of potential uses to include an office, nursery, or health and beauty salon.

The three buildings to the rear used by Mr Kyps will be converted into eight homes, and two coach houses will be built near the front of the site. One of the buildings will also house storage space for the neighbouring Bermuda Triangle pub.

There will be 18 on-site car parking spaces included in the development – 12 residential and six for the office building.

In a design and access statement, Matt Holmes, of Chapman Lily Planning, said: “The new buildings on the site will utilise materials and finishes similar to the existing buildings on the site and appropriate to the age of the existing buildings close by the site and within the conservation area.”

He added the proposed coach houses had been designed to create an “attractive entrance to the site which will be reinforced by a new brick boundary wall and landscaping.”

As reported previously in the Daily Echo, Mr Kyps’ live music events will carry on in Parr Street, with performances hosted by The Bermuda Triangle. Mr Buckler, who has bought into the pub, has promised live music will feature at the venue every week.

Mr Kyps, which was established 17 years ago by Mark 'Kyp' Kyprianou, is also looking to host future events at the Hamworthy Club, Canford Magna - a larger venue than the Parr Street nightspot.

Mr Homes added in his statement submitted with the planning application: “Notwithstanding that the music venue is not a community facility, it is nonetheless recognised that the use is long established on this site and valued by many people.

“However, it is important to note that the proposed development does not result in the end of the use per se, because the operator of the music venue intends to continue to stage live music in the town.

“Rather than have to deal with the upkeep and maintenance of a dedicated venue, the operator instead intends to make use of other existing facilities to stage live music in the future, for example Canford Arena.”