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2-3 Bristo Place was built in 1899 by Sydney Mitchell and Wilson - originally built for the Evangelical Union to include a church, two shops, a classroom and a lunchroom in the basement. Up until 2000, the ground floor and basement were Class 1 retail units. In 2003‘The Forest Cafe’ opened, which operated with no planning permission, but suitable licences.

In 2011, a planning permission application was submitted by Planning and Building LTD for change of use to Class 3 restaurant to occupy the ground floor and the basement. The existing upper church hall remained a place for worship as an Islamic meeting hall. The lower two floors still remain as ‘Checkpoint’, but are yet to re open after facing difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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