Owners of The Chapel, a sports and live entertainment bar that opened in June 2024 at 55 High Street, Battle, have recently submitted a retrospective planning application for a change of use of the premises.
The previous occupier was the restaurant Trinity of Battle, and the new owners say they weren’t aware that permission for a change of use would be needed, as both they and their predecessors sold food and drink.
They say that have not made any internal or external changes to the property.
Applicant Anna Stewart wrote in the application that they were already committed to a 10-year, £250,000 lease, and that if their retrospective proposal for the change of use was rejected, they would “personally go bankrupt”.
