New Worthing Mexican restaurant moves a step closer
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Tom Lines and business partner Mark Sharp bought 29 Marine Parade in the town with the goal of turning it into a new Mexican restaurant with flats above.
The premises used to be home to Hitchcock’s restaurant but it has been empty for more than 15 years.
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Hide AdMr Lines, who has helped to establish several restaurants in Worthing, outlined the duo’s plans for the new venue at last night’s (August 25) Worthing Borough Council planning committee meeting.
He said: “We will use fish caught off Worthing seafront and we intend to hire 25 staff including two apprentices.
“This [development] will not only meet Worthing’s housing needs but will also be in keeping with the feel and ethos of Worthing.”
Councillors overturned officers’ recommendations to refuse the application and instead delegated it to the head of planning for approval.
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Hide AdThis will be subject to conditions including more details about proposed window frames and further windows for the flats above the new ‘Crudo’ restaurant.
Officers objected to plans for a new entrance to allow access to the flats above and proposals for replacement windows.
They said: “The building displays various decorative period features including original elegant timber sliding sash windows.
“It is identified as a Local Interest Building in the Worthing Local Plan (2003) and sits in a very prominent seafront location within the South Street conservation area.
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Hide Ad“Any replacement windows, where absolutely necessary, should be timber and
as close to the original windows in terms of their proportions and appearance as possible, and it has been suggested that the entrance to the proposed
self-contained flats should be created to the rear so as to avoid dividing up the
existing shop frontage.”
Mr Sharp brought a window frame with him to the meeting to try to demonstrate that convincing alternatives to timber window frames were being sought.
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