ABOUT THIS BLOG

This popular and historic pub was acquired by its owners in 2009 with a view, initially, to building flats for social housing and then subsequently developing a small housing estate. Local residents opposed these plans from the start.

Planning permission was granted in 2010 after which the site was put up for sale. After many years of inactivity, building work finally started in July 2015. Locally, this was seen as good news. However, the houses have yet to be completed.

The aim of this Blog has been to keep residents informed of current developments and to record the long history of this small community's fight to keep its pub.

Friday, 9 October 2009

All Quiet on the Western Front

In the absence of any news from Stafford Borough Council about the revised plans, it was very reassuring to get an email from Parish Councillor Joy Bennett.   Joy advised that the matter had been discussed at the previous evening's meeting of the Parish Council but that our Borough Councillor had been unable to provide a definitive answer.  She recommends waiting until we get our next letter from Stafford BC and then having the application called in again.

Interestingly, Joy was also at the meeting along with Ian Parry when the owners presented the new plans.  Apparently, her suggestion that an opening morning be held at which the plans could be presented to residents was rejected on the grounds that the owners had been verbally attacked by some residents.
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