Nuneaton's gyratory system is to be removed as part of nightclub demolition plans. Warwickshire County Council has finally unveiled its plans for the Leicester Road Gyratory System -

and it includes removing it completely. In its place will be a new four-arm roundabout. As part of these plans, the current home of Empire Gym, which was the old Liquid and Envy nightclub on

Leicester Road will be demolished. It was back in December when Warwickshire County Council submitted a planning application, which appeared in the weekly list of online applications made

to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. The proposal has been on the cards for a number of years but bizarrely the application appeared - with no detail. Now, more than a month after, all

added to the current three arm roundabout. The highways plans include changing the New traffic management system at the junction of Regent Street and Bond Street to a small roundabout. Also

changes to the lay-out of Dunelm after initial plans to demolish its current home were scrapped. The full plans are: * Removal of A444/Leicester Road/Back Street/Bond Street/ Regent Street

gyratory and approximately 420 metres of one-way system. * It will be replaced by a four arm roundabout with toucan crossings on the Leicester Road arm, Vicarage Street and Regent Street

approaches along with the realignment of Regent Street which will provide improved cyclist and pedestrian facilities. * New traffic management system at the junction of Regent Street and

Bond Street comprising of a small roundabout to provide more vehicular access and exit to Nuneaton Train Station. * Bond Street north to become two-way road with a turning head. * Back

Street to become a two-way road with a turning head. Vehicle access from A444 Leicester Road to south. * Existing signalised junction at Back Street and Bond Street to be amended with

vehicle turning movements restricted to give priority to buses, cyclists and pedestrians. * Reconfigured Dunelm car park and delivery area. EMPIRE GYM BUILDING HISTORIC ASSESSMENT The Empire

Gym is not a Listed building but is regarded as a heritage asset. The document states that Historic England received an application to consider the former Empire Music Hall for a

Certificate of Immunity (COI), which guarantees that a building will not be statutorily listed. Historic England said that it was originally opened as The Empire Skating Rink in 1909 having

been designed by by local architect George Ward, who was part of the Birmingham-based firm Owen & Ward who also designed Nuneaton’s Hippodrome Theatre and Her Majesty’s Theatre in

Walsall. Over the years the now gym building has seen many changes, both to what it has played home to as well as changes to its inside as well as façade. "After examining all the

records and other relevant information and having carefully considered the architectural and historic interest of this case, the criteria for listing are not fulfilled," the report

states. "The former Empire MusicHall is not recommended for listing and a COI should therefore be issued." What is not known is where the current Empire Gym will be relocated to

when the demolition takes place. This is something that Nuneaton and Bedworth Leisure Trust (NBLT) charity, which transformed the old Liquid and Envy nightclub into a fitness centre,

previously said caused 'deep concern'. As part of the plans finally being published online, it means that locals can have their say before a final decision is made. All of the

plans can be viewed on the county council's website online here