People have their own agendas, mate.
Fact is, there's no Planning Application on the CCBC website and I haven't seen a little yellow notice outside the Restaurant. Now, it might be that the Application hasn't been made yet. But, as was discussed before, the rationale for an Application needing to be made doesn't make a lot of sense, and even if one was needed, there is no way on earth it could be refused, due to the site's long previous history as a restaurant. So no reason not to get the place up and running.
EDIT: Thinking about it a bit more, are you sure you don't mean a Licence application to sell alcohol?