BBCThe Cure, pictured backstage at Top of the Pops in 1981, were among the biggest artists to visit the Bradford venue.
A derelict music venue that once hosted gigs by rock legends The Cure and Joe Strummer is being transformed into a nursery school and community centre.
The Palm Cove Club in Manningham, Bradford, has been a popular concert hall since the late 1970s, and in its heyday it hosted bands such as The Fall, Diamond Head and Hanoi Rocks.
The venue on Hollings Road had been vacant for several years and was in disrepair, with part of the roof collapsing.
Hollings Youth Society has applied for planning permission to convert it into a community facility with a childcare center, and Bradford City Council planners have given the go-ahead for the scheme.
The former club on Hollings Road in Manningham has fallen into disrepair in recent years.
According to the plans, the development will provide vital facilities for young people in the area, as well as skills and training for those looking for work.
A planning application for the site, which in its later years was a reggae club, states: “The majority of the site is in need of extensive refurbishment and regeneration.
“The proposal aims to bring the building to life by utilizing the existing structural bones to create an improved mixed-use development that blends easily into the surrounding environment.”
Planning officers approved the application, saying: “The site is located in a relatively sustainable location close to local shops and services.”
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