The Humber Avenue food outlet opened without planning permission last summerA noodle bar in Coventry has vowed to stay open despite having planning permission refused for the second time.
Chop and Wok on Humber Avenue, has been told it does not have permission from the council to operate as a hot food takeaway, which it has been doing for several months.
The eatery was first refused planning permission on August 21, 2018, but opened for business 10 days later.
The council revealed that they were investigating the takeaway, but suspended it after Chop and Wok submitted a revised planning application.
Unfortunately for them, their new planning application has also been refused - but the owners have no plans to close down at this time.
Chop and Wok's first application for their Humber Avenue site - their first outside of Birmingham, was submitted on June 22, documenting their plans to transform the former newsagents into a fast food outlet - creating three jobs.
However, Coventry City Council's planning officer involved in the case had a number of concerns in regards to the application, and ultimately recommended that the application be refused.
Following news of the second refused application, Chop and Wok revealed they are considering their options, but in the meantime, they have no intention of closing their Coventry takeaway.
A spokesperson for Chop and Wok said: "We have received confirmation that the application was refused, despite reducing our opening hours to match the shops opposite and providing a new extraction system and cladding for the flue, but are awaiting further information from the council before we decide on our next steps.
"In the meantime the shop will continue to operate as normal as we do not wish to make our staff redundant, nor stop providing our healthy meals to our loyal customers, who have been very supportive through this difficult stage in our start up, and we are very thankful to them and the community who have welcomed us."