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.

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

It's Official

We've now had a letter from SBC giving us the official line on the confirmation of the TPO.  Here are some extracts from what they said.

"The trees ... are visually prominent ... and contribute to the overall treescape ... [and] have a high public amenity value."

Other trees " contribute to the treescape in the street scene."

"The trees in the woodland area ... are valuable as a wildlife habitat and will have an increasing amenity value after the development of the site."

So there you have it, folks, and hopefully that's the end of this particular saga but we doubt it's the last we're going to hear about the site and its development.
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