The businessman who wants to reopen the old Karma nightclub premises in Chippenham says he will not make the same mistakes as the old management.

Persian-born businessman Paul Shayegan has applied for a full premises licence for his new venture, called SN15.

He says it will be completely different from Karma, which had its licence revoked three years ago following complaints of late-night noise and disorder fuelled by 50p shots of spirits.

Mr Shayegan, who is unrelated to the Karma management and has a provisional statement for the proposed club, granted by Wiltshire Council in April 2013, said his would be a high-class establishment.

He said: “We are not Karma. Cheap drinks and far too many people in there; that’s why it did not go right. I like to have fewer people in who spend more.

“No cheap drink promotions. We’ll have cocktails. We will have a professional, well-trained team. We’ll make sure we have a good control of the door and we know who we’re letting in.”

Mr Shayegan withdrew his application for a full premises licence because of an error in timings, but resubmitted it on October 6. He is planning to invest about £25,000 in a revamp.

He said: “It’s for anybody, any age, who likes to dress up, get out and have fun.

“I want to make Chippenham nightlife alive again. We will open Thursday to Saturday to begin with, maybe the bar every night.”

Mr Shayegan formerly owned BlueRooms nightclub in Bath, now named Zero Zero and owned by his brother, Kambiz. It was relaunched in August 2013 after a police investigation into criminal activity in 2012, which senior officers said included drug dealing, anti-social behaviour, violence and theft.

Mr Shayegan said: “We sorted it out quickly. We’ve been in this business 30 years in Bath. The security and the atmosphere have changed. The reason it’s called Zero Zero is zero tolerance to drugs and zero tolerance to anti-social behaviour.”

In April last year Wiltshire Council’s northern area licensing sub-committee ruled a proper schedule of works in Chippenham would address its concerns.

Soundproofing has been carried out.

The licence would allow music between 11am and 2am Sunday to Wednesday and 11am to 3am Thursday to Saturday, with alcohol sales until half an hour before closing.

After 11pm, a patio could only be used by smokers.