But city council policy permits the loss of pubs where there is an alternative within 800 metres of walking distance - and in the case of the William IV, the Jubilee and Lollard s Pit were among six pubs which ticked that box.
Lollards Pit pub. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
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And applicant Treat Norwich has been granted permission to turn The Dyers Arms, which has been a pub since 1858, into a health and wellbeing clinic.
The Dyers Arms pub in Lawson Road.
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Treat Norwich, which already offers complementary therapies at Capitol House in Heigham Street intends to turn the street corner pub into a centre for health treatments including acupuncture, osteopathy, reflexology, health massages and yoga and pilates.
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