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.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Now is the Time ...

Well, it looks like the owners are responding to our objections by getting their mates to send in letters in favour of the planning proposals!!  Just one liners stating that they are in favour.  Nothing more than that and nothing approaching a reasoned argument.  Whether these empty letters will cut any ice with the planning committee remains to be seen.  And of course, none of them is from Rough Close let alone the area near to the pub.  There again, will the planning committee take any notice of that?

Our advice, therefore, is to continue writing in, even though the deadline has passed.
at 20:58

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 April 2010 at 10:11

    I was speaking to someone who works at S-O-T council about these letters and it seems that the Davis's will have done themselves more harm than good.
    There are about 25 letters, all exactly the same, signed by different people. This is basically a petition with 25 signatures. Wow. A bit less than the opposal petition with over 600 signatures.
    Councillors are aware of this sneaky tactic and I can't imagine they like people trying to pull the wool over their eyes. I'm afraid the owners have made yet another mistake.
    I will be writing to the council in case they haven't noticed this latest underhanded trick.

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  2. The Blog30 April 2010 at 15:14

    Thanks for the tip. Do let us know if you get a reply from the council!

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