Despite being knocked back by the High Court in May, the freehold owners of the Brixton institution Club 414 on Coldharbour Lane are pressing ahead with the planning application that would mean its closure.
Tony Pommell said that he and his co-proprietor Louise Barron would continue to fight the application.
Market Row Ltd, part of a property conglomerate that also owns the freehold of Brixton Village and Market Row, wants to convert the building that houses the club to residential and retail use.
The court overturned Lambeth council’s earlier and controversial decision to grant planning permission for the application. The club’s barristers said that the heart of the successful case was “the council’s refusal to consider the role played by nightclubs in contributing to the culture and economy of Brixton town centre; Ms Barron’s bold case to the High Court means that, when the council comes to reconsider this application, it cannot ignore the legendary Club 414”.
The application is now out for comment again and is on the planning department’s website.
[…] claim to be a cooperative, consultative council. Cressingham Gardens tenants and the owners of Club 414, to name but two of the many critics featured recently in the Bugle, have won high court judgements […]
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