A nightclub which closed down after complaints from residents and police is set to be converted into flats.

The owners of the Trek in Blatchington Road, Seaford, took the decision to close the venue before Lewes District Council revoked its licence in October following several violent incidents.

Now the club owners have applied for planning permission to convert the building, which already comprises two flats on the first floor, fully into housing.

The proposals would convert the ground floor to create seven one-bed and three two-bed flats.

The two flats on the first floor would be turned into one four-bed property with an extension planned to create extra space.

The scheme would also include 18 parking spaces, cycle and bin storage. It hasn’t been decided whether the properties will be sold or rented.

It comes seven months after Sussex Police applied for an immediate suspension of the club’s licence after a member of door staff was assaulted and left in danger of losing his sight in September.

Neighbours also complained about being forced to sleep in their bathrooms to escape the noise and police had to break up fights of up to 20 drunken revellers brawling in the street.

Speaking at the time, Jean Irving, head of licensing for Sussex Police, said: “In the 13 years I have held my post I have never experienced such denial by a premises owner, such disregard for residents and such desire to make money at any cost.”

Long-time owner Yvonne Newton-Turner decided to close the club rather than attend the council’s planning and licensing committee.

She accused the police of treating her unfairly.

Speaking to The Argus she said she now hopes the flats will provide much-needed housing for the community.

She said: “I think it is a straightforward development that will help the town and I hope the neighbours will be happy with my decision.

“I don’t want any animosity with anybody and that’s why I have chosen to go down this route.”

Now retired, Mrs Newton-Turner claimed there had still been incidents in the town, despite the club being closed.

She said: “All the violence and antisocial behaviour in the town people that blamed on the Trek club still happens.”