Auction for Former nightclub
Town building is set to go under the hammer next month
AN old nightclub in the centre of Hinckley is being auctioned off.
Elements, in the Horsefair, has been shut for six years despite once being one of the most popular venues in the town for decades.
The nightclub has seen a number of different guises over the years, and was formerly known as Buzz and Zuu, among others.
In 2016, planning permission was granted to demolish part of the building and replace it with 27 two-bedroom apartments.
Those plans appear to be on hold now though, with the owner opting to auction the building off.
It is being sold with a guide price of £650,000-plus by specialists SDL Auctions at the King Power Stadium on February 12.
The agents say: “The site is a building in the town centre of Hinckley.
“It is located directly in the town centre and next to the new Crescent development which houses a cinema, Sainsbury’s and numerous bars and restaurants.”
The 2016 planning application states the building was erected in 1935.
In 1986, it was badly damaged in a fire, with the applicant stating the damage was visible in 2016.
The application states the electrical system was “substandard and a safety hazard”.
The agent states the borough council has been “very flexible” with planning, with a number of other residential options on the table if the buyer does not wish to go ahead with the luxury apartment plans.
They add: “The apartments would have balconies and secure parking. There is also further scope to add penthouses on the rooftop which would have farreaching views and their own outside space. The development would make one of the best ever seen within the town.” The building does have a blue plaque but is not listed, nor considered a building of architectural merit.
A heritage document in the 2016 application states: “The building itself is considered to be one of the 20th century buildings that have a negative impact upon the defined conservation area in terms of both its design, scale and mass and an unsympathetic palette of construction materials.”