A planning application has been submitted to convert the former Paramount City nightclub into a combined residential building and cafe/barber shop.

Plans are to convert the first and second floors of the iconic Douglas landmark into four-bedroom residential flat, with the ground floor to be used as a commercial unit (the combined cafe and barber shop).

The once-popular night club on Queen’s Promenade was bought by the Sefton Group in 2008.

It closed permanently in 2011 after briefly operating again as The Crescent - the name by which it was known before it was revamped and became Paramount in the early 90s.

The site was sold last year, having been on the market for £550,000.

Before it was known as Paramount City, it had been called Little Caesar’s Nightclub, and as the Crescent it dated back to the 1940s.

The new owners have been documenting the refurbishment on a Facebook page called Paramount City the next chapter, with photos showing the removal of the nightclub’s seats and interior fittings.

The owner and applicant, a barber by profession, stated that the incorporation of a coffee shop would be a ’fantastic opportunity to bring a meeting hub to the northern side of the promenade, similar in stature to that of what can be seen at the Sea Terminal’.

The nightclub’s former smoking area would be used as outdoor seating for the coffee shop.

The first floor living area would include a gym, wet room, a cinema/games room and an office.

The existing main entrance doors, described as ’unsightly and not in keeping with the neighbouring properties’ and are planned to be replaced with new white uPVC/aluminium glazed doors.

The applicant is also keen to restore the building’s external tilings to their original white condition, adding that historic photos of the nightclub show the tiles were ’not the black that everyone has become accustomed to’.