A popular Lancaster pub is set to bring a new beer garden and live music space to the watering hole as it prepares for "resurgence" after lockdown.

The Pub, in China Street, could soon have an outdoor drinking area and area for live music to be played as part of its new owners plans to boost trade after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lancaster businessman Rober Morrish recently took over The Pub as well as the empty plot adjacent to the building, with the empty plot forming what Mr Morrish has set his sights on creating.

A stage and canopy is set to be constructed over the empty plot, which has been empty since the 1980s, with high fencing and gates next to the pavement for people to come and go.

Planning agents acting on Mr Morrish's behalf write: "Part of the strategy for the long-term success of the business is to create an expanded ‘beer garden’ where outside tables and seating can be contained to allow for increased space for customers during clement weather.

"As with the existing public house the offering of this would be focused on the provision of live music.

"The outside space would hold a stage area for these events with a canopy covering over the space."

Blueprint for what the pub and its been garden and live music area could look like

They add: "This forms part of a longer-term strategy to grow the business further based on regular live music provision and as supporting the growing cultural events in the city, such as Lancaster Music Festival."

Mr Morrish is set to construct acoustic fencing to minimise noise issues.

Agents add that the area would be 'akin to the adjacent café seating areas in Sun Square and also the beer gardens seen in other public houses in the area such as The Merchants, which add to the vibrancy of the urban experience in the city'.

"With the creation of a provision for music would further add to the cultural aims of the business improvement strategies for the city," they add.

"The proposals aim to strengthen and expand the offering from the public house whilst making a more appropriate and vibrant use for the vacant plot.

"This would not only enhance the conservation area and street scene of an important part of the city, also but signal a resurgence of the entertainment and cultural sector in the city given the recent impact of the Covid-19 epidemic."

Lancaster City Council has yet to approve or reject the plans, which were lodged with planning officers in early April.