Get involved: DA D/2008/1919 – Ground floor below former DCM/UN premises at 31-33 Oxford Street – submissions close 3rd December 2008

This application proposes to change the ground floor retail space, currently Oxford Variety, to a licensed lounge bar for 85 people – as part of a broader redevelopment project also involving the upstairs nightclub.

Proposed hours of operation are 11.00 am to 3.00 am Sundays to Thursdays, and 11.00 am to 5.00 am Fridays, Saturdays and any night preceding a public holiday.

The front of the site will consist of a bar area with a capacity of 65 people, and a separate smokers’ lounge with a capacity of 20 people.

It’s also proposed that the bar will ultimately be linked to the nightclub on Level 1 above, with the construction of a new internal staircase linking the two premises.It will offer patrons an area to “chill out” away from the upstairs nightclub.

NOTE: The earlier application to increase the operating hours of the nightclub was refused by Council on 22nd October 2008.

A summary of the application and what you can do are available here.