London based Antic Pub Company, has submitted plans to convert part of the former Leyton Town Hall site into an up-market pub. The fast expanding pub company was already using the front rooms of the building as a temporary ‘pop-up’ bar during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Antic has now applied to run a pub at the site permanently and is approved they will make several alterations to the Grade II-listed building, including a pub sign, a new door and repairing its ceiling.
Antic operations director Max Alderman has described Waltham Forest as an up-and-coming area- a factor which impressed him. A section of the building is formally licensed as a restaurant rather than a pub, so the chain is also seeking change of use permission.
The building, which is now officially called Leyton Municipal Offices, is owned by Lee Valley Estates.