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The Trawden Arms The last remaining pub in an East Lancashire village has been put up for sale. The Trawden Arms was put on the market last year, with the possibility it could be sold and developed into housing. Determined not to let their last remaining pub disappear though, residents of Trawden have now come together to set up a steering group with a vision of bringing the pub into community ownership. In March last year The Trawden Arms was listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV)...

Published: 3:46 PM May 4, 2021    Save Our White Horse campaign protests against a second application to turn Kimpton pub into a residential and office building - Credit: Juliet Morton Kimpton campaigners are rekindling their fight to save The White Hose pub in light of a new planning application.  The pub, which is a Grade-II listed building, closed in 2015 when the brewery sold the premises to a developer. Two years later the pub was back on the market and the community raised enough fund...

GREEN-MINDED volunteers have clubbed together to begin building a vegetable patch in the hope it will benefit the community. The project, spearheaded by community group Friends of the Mistley Anchor, is one of many initiatives taking place in the eco-focused area. The group has about 35 members, with many contributing to the mini allotment in New Road, Mistley. The patch is in New Road, Mistley Hannah Saverymuttu, who has got her hands dirty digging the patch, explained the project has ...

Agents for the owners told the council that the ACV application will be challenged.   The council accepts the view thee pub may not have been profitable under the current ownership/ management.  However they also the agents that “it may be able to be so under other proprietors or there may be alternative community uses for that building, and this has not been investigated”.   The council view is that they have not been provided with “sufficient evidence / justification that it is not v...

Agents for the owners told the council that the ACV application will be challenged.   The council accepts the view thee pub may not have been profitable under the current ownership/ management.  However they also the agents that “it may be able to be so under other proprietors or there may be alternative community uses for that building, and this has not been investigated”.   The council view is that they have not been provided with “sufficient evidence / justification that it is not v...

THE historic Hermit pub in Burley Woodhead has been put up for sale via auction despite a campaign to have it listed as an Asset of Community Value. Auction House West Yorkshire is marketing The Hermit Inn at Burley Woodhead with vacant possession and with a guide price of £425,000 saying it will appeal to: “the savvy publican, investor or developer.” The business closed last year and a planning application was submitted to Bradford Council to convert the pub to housing, but the appl...

The pub near Bath that was saved by locals and is thriving after lockdown The Packhorse is owned by 430 shareholders who have seen it go from strength to strength Locals get the Packhorse ready for reopening on April 12 (Image: The Packhorse) THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ACROSS BATH STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in acc...

The scout hut has fallen into disrepair. Photo by Julia Cody A local conservation charity is campaigning to bring a scout hut back into action.    The now derelict prefab sits on privately owned land by a section of railway in Crofton Park that once formed part of the Great North Wood.   The first hut for scouts on the site was built nearly 100 years ago but the current one has been left in disrepair since the land owner bought it and the scouts had to leave.   The land was ...

Twickenham MP Munira Wilson has lent her support to a community bid to purchase Udney Park playing fields for local people and sports groups. Last year a proposal to build 107 extra-care housing units, a GP surgery and sports facilities on the playing fields in Teddington was thrown out by a planning inspector after an appeal inquiry. In February, owners and developers Quantum told Richmond Council that they intended to sell the site. But as the fields are an Asset of Community Value (...

Twickenham MP Munira Wilson has lent her support to a community bid to purchase Udney Park playing fields for local people and sports groups. Last year a proposal to build 107 extra-care housing units, a GP surgery and sports facilities on the playing fields in Teddington was thrown out by a planning inspector after an appeal inquiry. In February, owners and developers Quantum told Richmond Council that they intended to sell the site. But as the fields are an Asset of Community Value (...