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, 13 November 2013

The Council Speaks (Again)

This has to be a first.  SBC has responded to our earlier comment about a lack of information concering the current state of the planning application.  All credit to the Borough Council for keeping the local community informed.  We at The Blog are well impressed.  You can see their reply in one of the comments to the post dated 9th November.

The planning permission expires on 15th December which gives the owners just a few more weeks to get on with it.  Apparently they are doing so meaning that demolition work will start imminently.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 November 2013 at 00:08

    Long overdue communication!
    At least SBC have at last replied.Thanks to the blogg too for letting the community know what the situation presently is with the demolition and time frame concerned.

    The owners are well aware that they need to get on with sorting that site out, getting those houses built as soon as possible is in their best interests. Once the building is demolished any further delays by them will only result in additional problems and expenses.I'm sure they are aware of the expensive problems some developers have had with Romanians travelers and gypsy camp sites.


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  2. Anonymous16 November 2013 at 14:35

    Good to know they have to reapply if they don't act by the 15th. Even the owners must realize there has to be some limit. 3 years is more than generous for them to have sold the site or have got on with building those houses.The proviso of having the rubble taken away and boarded fencing is common sense. At last something constructive will actually be done.

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  3. Anonymous19 November 2013 at 11:19

    Unfortunately the realities are somewhat different. Starting the development doesn`t mean completing it. All that is likely to happen is that demolition/part demolition will occur. Supply and demand economics will then prevail.How likely is it that the developer will invest any more than the bare minimum in costs to maintain the given permissions ? No one supplies without demand ! Building houses without more certainty of demand isn`t going to happen. At best expect a demolition/post demolition site for some considerable time.

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