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JD Wetherspoon proposes rooftop bar and hotel for Brighton pub

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has submitted proposal for a fourth-storey bar is for Brighton’s Bright Helm Wetherspoon pub in West Street.

The firm has also submitted plans to convert flats above the pub into hotel rooms to create the first Wetherspoon hotel in the region.

According the The Argus, a decision on the plans could be made as early as next month and would represent the second major investment by the firm in the city in a matter of weeks following planning approval for a new London Road pub.

The firm already has 35 hotels dotted around the country in resorts which include Wigan, Southend, Leighton Buzzard and Corby but none so far within Sussex.

A Wetherspoon spokesman said: “We can confirm that a planning application has been submitted, to add a small hotel and rooftop garden, to The Bright Helm.

“At this early stage, prior to the outcome of the planning decision and the project still awaiting the landlord’s permission, no further details are available.”

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