Plans have been submitted to convert a former bank into flats and a commercial unit. 

An application for prior approval to turn the vacant HSBC in Stowmarket into six flats, as well as retaining space for a commercial premises, has been received by Mid Suffolk District Council. 

The applicant wants to convert part of the ground floor of the former bank into a flat. 

The bank could be converted into flatsThe bank could be converted into flats (Image: Google Maps)

A commercial unit would be retained at the front of the ground floor. 

Four one bedroom flats and one two bedroom flat could be built on the first and second floor if given the go-ahead by planners. 

There is parking spaces for five vehicles at the premises in the town's Market Place.

HSBC closed its doors in Stowmarket in August 2022. 

A closure impact report at the time said 92% of the customers using the branch also used telephone banking. 

About 400 members of staff and 69 stores were cut as part of the raft of closures. 

Planners are expected to make a decision on the application by mid-September.