A WINCHESTER hairdressers has said it is staying put despite a planning application to change it into a restaurant.

A request has been made for the change of use of Toni and Guy, in St George’s Street, and the empty Movers and Shapers gym next door.

Manager Jonathan Turpin said the salon’s lease does not run out for another 18 months and is ‘inside the act’, meaning tenants have rights to the building.

He said: “We are aware of the planning application and our current lease doesn’t expire until June 2016. We intend to stay put in our salon for a very long time looking after our existing clients. We will not be moving.”