The owner of a cafe facing a battle for planning permission has revealed it is hoping to host seances, speed dating and other themed events.
The coffee shop, which is planning to open in the Astley and Co estate agents in Wroxham Road, Sprowston, is also hoping to apply for an alcohol licence and serve food.
Since applying to Broadland District Council for planning permission the cafe has faced significant pushback from folk living in the area and Sprowston Town Council, which has objected to the plans.
But now its owner has announced she plans to offer regular clairvoyance meetings, speed dating events, Mexican nights and Italian nights.
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She said: "The smells will be minimum because this is a cafe and not a chip shop.
"In the future, I intend to apply for an alcohol licence and open at the weekends to have themed nights and lots of fun things.
"I will employ local people and this business will boost the local economy."
The shop, formerly home to Bateman's Carpets, is between Golden Plaice Fish Bar and Tesco Express.
Food choices will include cakes, sausage rolls, pastries, open sandwiches, hot baguettes and soup.
It comes after the town council objected to the cafe claiming the parking situation in the road is "challenging enough as it is", with councillors saying they could not afford to make the "dangerous" situation worse.
Bill Couzens, Labour leader of Sprowston Town Council, said a change of use approval could even open the door to a big coffee chain in the road.
Broadland District Council's environmental health department has also objected to the plans due to fumes being extracted to the rear of the business.
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But in the latest correspondence, the cafe's boss hit back at claims her shop would worsen the situation.
She added: "The parking is always an issue at busy times, but I am entitled to have customer parking as per my deeds outside my own shop and I don’t see why my spaces should subsidise next door's businesses.
"I allow anyone to use my spaces but once I open, I might consider putting a sign up for customer parking only, now Tesco staff use my spaces and park all day."
In the original application, the cafe's owner had not addressed parking issues in the street claiming they were temporary and caused by workers at the premises.
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