A former Haverfordwest town centre nightclub has been given the go-ahead to become a tuition studio and delicatessen.

In an application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Peter Davies sought permission for a change of use of 15-17, Quay Street, Haverfordwest, from the former use listed as a skate shop and as a nightclub, to a delicatessen on the ground floor and tuition studio on the first floor.

An officer report, recommending approval, said the site, in the town’s conservation area and town centre, had previously been granted approval for a 2011 scheme for “a change of use of the first floor to a bar in association with no. 13 Quay Street”.

The report added: “The development is for the change of use of the ground and first floor of the property to allow a delicatessen use with a tuition use to the first floor. The conversion would have economic benefits for the construction industry via the proposed works, with social benefits afforded to the users of the services and facilities provided.

“The development would have environmental benefits created through the provision of biodiversity enhancements secured for the scheme. As such, the development will be in accordance with policy SP 1 of the LDP in regard to being sustainable development.”

It went on to say of the scheme, supported by Haverfordwest Town Council: “As the site would effectively still retain its A1 use via the sale of food in the delicatessen with no seating area shown on submitted plans, the use would not change from that of an A1 use. As such the development would comply with this criterion.”

The application was conditionally approved by planners.