A MAJOR city nightclub is set to reopen this autumn after standing empty for months.

Innteraction, in Bruton Way, closed at the beginning of the year.

It is now set to reopen its doors after major internal changes.

The two-floor club is now set to be turned into two separate venues.

Plans for the changes have been approved by Gloucester City Council's planning department.

They include replacing the blacked-out windows on the ground floor with transparent panes and creating a new entrance to the club.

The club is owned by Places Trading, the city company which also owns the neighbouring Pint Pot pub and the Baker Street pub in Southgate Street. The company declined to comment on the plans.

However, news that the club could reopen has been welcomed in the city.

Justin Hudson, who owns the Butler's Venue Bar on Eastgate Street, said: "It would be good to see the club opening again, at the moment Liquid is the only nightclub in the city.

"It will be good to add something different to the city's late-night offering."

Councillor Paul James, leader of Gloucester City Council, said: "It is good news if the club is set to open again. It does show how flexible you have to be in this day and age in order to cope with the changing markets.

"The night-time economy is really important both for jobs and for making the city an attractive place to visit, and it is vital to have a well-balanced offering. Anything the new venue can do to help us reach that can only be good news."

Regular clubber Gemma Holmes, 18, from Huntley, welcomed the news.

She said: "It will be great to get a new club open, we need more variety in the city."