The current Eign Stop, at 160 Eign Street on the edge of the city’s conservation area, appears to be closed at present.
Daljit Kalket has applied for planning permission to change the use of the ground floor to serve hot food between 9am and 11pm seven days. Her application does not say what sort of cuisine is planned at the new outlet.
The shop gained permission for an extension to the rear in 2015.
Comments on the current application, numbered 231349, can be made until July 13.
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A planning application to repurpose part of the shopping centre, which Herefordshire Council owns, was approved earlier this year, with the council saying at the time it expected the new £3.5 million community facility to open next spring.
But a meeting of the county’s new Conservative cabinet next week is expected to approve a proposal to “review options for the best possible location” of the new facility, part of the Stronger Hereford programme of capital improvements to the city.
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The notice of this, which has only just been published on the Herefordshire Council website, says the normal notice period of 28 days is being waived due to the “urgent need to pause current project to review location options”.
Last July, councillors agreed to commit £500,000 to the Maylords project, on top of £8 million for the work to transform Hereford's museum and art gallery on Broad Street which currently houses the city’s main library.
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The rest of the cost of the Maylords and Broad Street projects comes from the government's Stronger Towns fund, worth £22 million in all to the county.
Herefordshire Council paid over £4 million for Maylords Orchard in 2020 after the shopping centre was hit by falling sales due to the Covid pandemic.
Herefordshire Council has been asked for more information on the proposed review.
London Bridge train station, located in central London, is a bustling transportation hub. The interchange opened in 1836, and after more than 100 years of service, in the 1960s and 1970s, the station underwent a significant modernisation program led by architect Sir Robert Matthew.
The old Victorian train shed was replaced by a new brutalist-style building, which included a 300-metre-long concourse and a pedestrian walkway known as the "Hay's Galleria." In the 2010s, London Bridge station underwent another major redevelopment project to accommodate increasing passenger numbers and improve facilities.
The Thameslink Programme involved the construction of a new street-level concourse and additional platforms.
A view of London Bridge station in the 1920s (Image: TV Grab)
Away from its core function as a central piece of London’s infrastructure, commuters will come across a heartwarming bronze statue depicting the characters from E. Nesbit's famous book - The Railway Children. It pays tribute to the children who waved goodbye to their father at the station.
Elsewhere, fans of the Harry Potter series will be delighted to know that there is a Harry Potter-themed installation at the station. Look for the sign indicating Platform nine and three quarters, reminiscent of the magical platform from the books and films.
For railway enthusiasts, there is an engineering marvel. The Bermondsey Diveunder is a section of the railway track near London Bridge station that has been ingeniously built beneath the existing tracks, which allows trains to pass over or under each other, improving capacity and reducing congestion.
There's also rumour that the house used in Bridget Jone's Diary, where Renée Zellweger's character famously made her three-course meal of blue soup, an omelette, and marmalade, is surrounded by railway tracks leading out of London Bridge station.
Under all of this is a network of hidden tunnels and chambers known as The Vaults. These spaces are occasionally used for art installations, immersive theatre experiences and other unique events.
