Former Barclays bank to be turned into gym
Plans have been approved by Wakefield Council to turn the property into the town’s “premier fitness destination.”
Barclays shut the Hemsworth branch in September 2023 in a round of nationwide closures.
Christopher Storer, the building’s new owner, applied to refurbish the property on Bank Street to make way for the new business.
The site also includes a vacant former furniture shop and an empty flat above the old bank.
Proposals include providing mixed martial arts training as well as group and individual fitness classes for customers.
A statement submitted on behalf of the applicant said: “The proposed gymnasium conversion works is considered sustainable in that it will provide a high quality, much needed, alternative business usage suitably blending in with and adding to the general character of the immediate area.”
The scheme includes using the existing access to the site from Barnsley Road and parking spaces already in place.
Proposed gym opening hours are 5am to 10pm, Monday to Friday and 6am to 6pm at weekend.
The proposed physiotherapy centre is expected to be open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday.
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