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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans have been submitted for a new café to open in a shop premises which has been empty for several years.
Ipswich Borough Council has received plans from Colchester-based company OMCI to convert the former Monsoon building at 33 Westgate Street.
The building is Grade II-listed and has been empty since Monsoon closed in July 2019.
Due to the nature of the listed building, an application has been sent to create a new opening between 33 Westgate Street and the former Tessuti at 29-31 Westgate Street, which has been empty since 2023.
The borough council had previously approved plans for the building to become a café in 2021 - as such, permission was not needed to use the space as a café.
If plans are approved, the new openings between the two buildings will improve seating capacity, which shows that there will be tables and chairs on both the ground floor and first floor.
Proposed floor plans show that there will be space for 102 customers across two floors at any one time, with lift and stair access.
The first floor will have toilets, with the second floor having a large kitchen and staff area.
In documents submitted, they said that universal accessibility will be available "via the new lift position and level access to first-floor toilets".
No external alterations are being proposed with the plans and all "interventions are designed to avoid harm to historic fabric, reinstate historic connections and support the long-term viable use of the building".
Historically, there had been a link between 29-31 Westgate Street and the application site, which would be reinstated if the plans are approved.
Ipswich Borough Council will discuss the plans in due course.
The submission of the plans comes after it was announced café chain Jamaica Blue would be moving into the former Grimwades building on the Cornhill, which connects to Westgate Street.
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