New bar/hotel on Bath St.

According to the planning site notice in the window of the former Bath St. Furniture (45-47 Bath St.), authorisation has been requested for alteration and extensions including a new shopfront, renewal of the stairs at the front, formation of a new opening, and new lettering "Thomas James Hotel". The proposal goes on to detail an 18 bedroom hotel on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, with a restaurant/bar in the ground floor and basement.

Meanwhile, Bath St. Furniture appears to be moving to new premises on Clemens St. -- the former Osborne's newsagent -- without changing its name.