“I simply don’t believe that the only genuine interest in this building was for it to become a day nursery. “I actually harbour concerns that the opposite may have happened and that the business may have been left to, maybe not deteriorate, but certainly to run down a little in order to facilitate a change of use. “I certainly don’t believe the applicant has demonstrated that all reasonable steps have been taken to secure a future for the pub as a viable concern and that does need to be done. “The council surveyor states that the use is unviable other than as a community-owned and run venture. Well, bowl me over with a feather but isn’t that exactly the plan the community have been trying to put into action for a number of years?