ONE of Falmouth's most notable empty buildings could finally be occupied again after an application was lodged to turn it into a restaurant with living space above.

The previous occupants of the building at 4 Killigrew Street, live music venue, bar and club Mono, closed its doors after three years in February 2018.

Since then the building, which before that used to be the iconic Nancy's Bar, has lain empty. At the time of the closure the owner, former Ordinary Boys drummer Charlie Stanley, blamed sky high business rates and a lack of support from the council.

However the live music venue had already been forced to close its upstairs performance venue after it failed fire safety regulations, despite that being its main source of income. Before the upstairs was closed it had seen legendary performances by local bands Black Tambourines, The Red Cords and Lost Dawn as well as national and international acts.

An application has now been lodged to possibly turn the empty building into an Asian style restaurant possibly Chinese or Thai, although no details have been given. The applicants are a Mr T Hoang and Mr D Jones with at least one of them thought to be living locally.

The application has been lodged through the Residential Design Studio in Falmouth and will be considered by Falmouth Town Council's planning committee on Monday night.

It is proposed to resume the operation of the ground floor bar and restaurant area as a revived venue and to convert the above ancillary accommodation into a single dwelling for the enjoyment of the owners.

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The design and access statement says the early 19th century town house has also been a bank and a shop. It still has its original features on the outside over three storeys with a three bay frontage.

"The architectural and historic interest of this listed building will be unaffected by the proposed works as all changes are interior," says the statement. "Most of the internal areas have already been

altered and there very few original features left following years of adjustments and alterations. The internal stairs are the only existing item of interest and as such will remain untouched."

The new development will be developed solely on the internal areas of the property which apart from repairs and re decoration will remain the same as the existing appearance.