It very much looks like the second of the seven houses under construction has been completed. We've also heard on the grapevine that two of the properties have been sold.
Now forgive us our ignorance as we're not sure how this all works: the conditions of the planning permission have not yet been fulfilled and yet the houses can be sold? The conditions in question are that all road construction, street lighting and drainage details have to be approved before work can commence. This hasn't happened. There are also a number of other conditions that have to be met before the development is brought into use. We do hope whoever has bought the houses have got good lawyers.
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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.
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Many thanks for the update. I am surprised that anyone would be so stupid to buy them at anywhere near the asking price.I share your concerns about continuing non compliance with the planning permission requirements but surely we are all aware that the UK has more chance of winning Eurovision than for the useless SBC taking enforcement action. SBC just see the development as an income stream.I very much doubt that any new residents will need a slick lawyer.....it is SBC that they are dealing with and we all know that they couldn't run a bath !
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