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.

Monday 21 October 2013

The Council Speaks

We've now had a reply from SBC.  Here is the full text of their response.

"The decision on this application is still pending".

And that's it.  Now you know as much as we do.  We'll look into this some more and be in touch.

Tuesday 8 October 2013

No News

Strange thing.  Since the "demolition" notice appeared, nothing has happened!  We've tried to get in touch with Staffs BC to find out what's going on but have heard nothing.  No change there then.  We're writing this post just to let you know that we here at the Blog are still keeping an eye on things - despite the long silence which isn't helped by interference from the day job.  We'll chase Staffs BC again shortly and keep you posted.