Plans for a new housing development at the site of a once-famed live music venue in Kingston went on dislpay this week.

The Sir Robert Peel pub, in Cambridge Road, which has hosted the likes of The Vaccines, Jamie T and John Newman, shut down in April last year.

Cobham-based developer URB Group, which bought the site last year, officially unveiled its plans at a public exhibition at Kingsmeadow this week.

The land, on the corner of Cambridge Road and Hampden Road, is now set to become a mixed-use development with 31 private and affordable homes of up to three bedrooms, with 200sqm of ground floor retail space.

Harry Hall, head of the Cambridge Road Estate Residents' Association, said: "On first impression it was quite a nice looking building. I think it will blend in with the estate.

"But because of the amount of private housing in Kingston it would be nice to see a more community approach with some social housing. They do appear to be taking a community approach."

He added he was positive about plans for greenery around the site too.

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Residents come to view the plans 

Andrew Davies, from URB Group, said: "We are very pleased at the number of people who took the time to come and view our plans for the site. We received some very valuable feedback.

"As we move towards submitting a planning application this spring, the project team remain committed to working closely with Kingston and consulting members of the local community.

"We believe that delivering much needed new homes and flexible commercial space, through this mixed use scheme, will contribute positively to the ongoing regeneration in the borough."

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Demolition work on the Peel site

But Jill Preston, from the Cambridge Road Estate, said: "I am waiting for the planning permission to come in. I think the problem is going to be parking in the area."

The exhibition outlined plans for 19 car parking spaces including two disabled ones across two levels and 35 cycle spaces.