Trop (WsM), a group of local businesses, wants to redevelop the site and reinstate a pool.

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Trop (WsM), which submitted the plans, has asked the High Court for a judicial review of the decision.

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However, campaigners to keep it, Trop (WsM), asked the High Court for a judicial review of the decision.

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The council said, even if planning permission is granted, Trop would still need to ask it for landowner's consent.

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As time goes by, step out for a show from one of the Trop's headlining acts, like Gladys Knight or comedian Brad Garrett.

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But the cautious, sensible approach taken by Nichols and his screenwriter, Elaine May, has the drawback of making this movie feel a little, as the French might say, de trop.

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Whoever wins will show little nostalgia for the Trop.

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"It's up to the people in Weston to stand their ground and not allow North Somerset Council to bully us into a position where it's knocked down, " said Derek Mead, chairman of Trop (WsM).

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