In just four days 230 people have signed a petition in support of the proposals for United Reformed Church (URC) in Elm Hill along Princes Street.

The scheme, put forward by Alma, an independent cultural arts venue and multi-use space for performing arts, is being led by Leticia Thope.

She says she hopes the grade II-listed building will become “a modern-day assembly space, a place of shared story, creativity".

Alma, a cultural arts community, hope the former URC can be a modern-day assembly space (Image: Maddox Planning)

The site, in Elm Hill along Princes Street, has been a topic of controversy since shutting in October 2020 - with a similar application being withdrawn in 2023 after it

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