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An appeal over a plan to convert a unit on an industrial estate into a club has been refused by a government inspector.

Sandwell Council rejected a move to convert the unit in Willow Court off Crystal Drive, Smethwick , into the Capri Bar and Lounge saying it would be “incompatible” with its neighbours.

The applicant Carlos Douglas appealed to the government’s planning inspectors in a bid to get the decision overturned but was refused.

Sandwell Council said the application for the venue, which would be open until 3am six days a week, had “failed to demonstrate [it] would support, maintain or enhance the existing businesses as well as the employment function of the area.”

The proposed opening hours were 11am to 3am between Monday and Saturday and 10.30am to midnight every

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