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Betting shop plans revealed
4:30pm Wednesday 24th September 2008
A FORMER sports shop in Melksham which closed last year could become a betting shop if a planning application is approved.
A bid to convert the former Aqualeisure premises in Market Place has been submitted by Andrew Croft of Backhouse Bet.
Mr Croft, of Bradford on Avon, did not want to comment on the plans this week, but said he hoped in future it could bring new jobs to the area.
He added that the plans were in the early stages.
Aqualeisure Ltd went into administration and closed last September.
Owner Michael Zaccheo decided to cease trading and appointed Stone Business Recovery Ltd in Bristol to deal with the administration.
A total of five workers were made redundant, four of them full time, and the building was returned to landlords Morgan & Morgan.
The diving centre based at Aqualeisure continued under the name The Dive Zone and moved to Avonside Enterprise Park.
The planning application for the Aqualeisure building will be decided by West Wiltshire District Council.
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