Phoenix Pub flats plan transforms derelict site

21st January 2019

An ex nightclub in Southport town centre could be turned into 16 new residential apartments if new plans are given the green light.

Applicant Shimon Rudich from Prestwich, submitted a planning application to Sefton Council to change the use of the first and second floors of the Coronation Walk building above the Phoenix pub from a disused former nightclub into a new 22- room hotel.

The design and access statement submitted with the application states: “As with many like side streets, there’s a great variance in architectural style and character – with the front façade to the application site illustrating a strong art-deco style typical of the 1920s-30s.

It is evident that the rear elevation has undergone a series of alterations over many years which have clearly been founded on function rather than form.