Roger Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Here's a related issue from the Worcester News ~ Trying to build a new Co-Op in a pub car park ... The £1 million scheme by landlords NewRiver Retail, who bought 202 pubs from brewer Marston’s in December 2013 with the intention of using surplus space such as car parks, is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. The Broadley's is one of the 202 pubs bought so they must have a strategy over their network over what to retain as a pub, what to adapt, and what to just turn into a shop ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowheelsgood Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Valued pubs to be protectedMinisters have announced proposals to change the planning regime and provide greater protection for some pubs. This move will stop valued community pubs from being demolished or converted into different uses against the will of local people, ministers said. The additional safeguards will apply to pubs which have been formally listed as Assets of Community Value (ACVs). The initiative, detailed in Parliament this week would mean the removal of permitted development rights for those pubs, now numbering more than 600. Community Pubs Minister Kris Hopkins told the Commons: “We plan to bring forward secondary legislation at the earliest opportunity so that in England the listing of a pub as an asset of community value will trigger a temporary removal of the national permitted development rights for the change of use or demolition of those pubs that communities have identified as providing the most community benefit.†He added: “This will mean that in future where a pub is listed as an asset of community value, a planning application will be required for the change of use or demolition of a pub. “This then provides an opportunity for local people to comment, and enables the local planning authority to determine the application in accordance with its local plan, any neighbourhood plan, and national policy. “The local planning authority may take the listing into account as a material consideration when determining any planning application.†Read the news story from the Department for Communities and Local Government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Link to Petition here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenda Powell Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I have heard this morning that there is a meeting at the Broadleys tonight, to which Jesse Norman has been invited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rslicker Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Personally I welcome change of use. The last 3 1/2 years has seen more fights and police visits than decades preceding. It was a crying shame when the gamecock (a true local pub for local people) changed....roll on co-op...happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby47 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Rslicker, By far and away, your posting handle is the best I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just asking. If the pub is a viable business, why doesn't the landlady buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 There are several examples of where Article 4 directions have made to suspend permitted developments in relation to pubs:  In April 2013 Lewisham Council confirmed an Article 4 direction which prevented the Catford Bridge Tavern using permitted development rights to change the use of the pub from Class A4 (drinking establishments) to Class A1 (shop), Class A2 (financial and professional service) or Class A3 (restaurant and cafes).  Camden Council has made two article 4 directions relating to pubs as follows: The Old White Bear PH, Well Road, NW3. Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights for the following type of work: Change of use to Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services) and Class A3 (restaurant). Article 4 Direction confirmed 22nd May 2014. The Golden Lion PH, Royal College Street, NW1. Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights for the following type of work: Change of use to Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services) and Class A3 (restaurant); Temporary change of use to Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services), Class A3 (restaurant) and B1(business). Article 4 Direction confirmed 3rd October 2014.  In December 2014 Wandsworth Borough Council made an article 4 direction in respect of the Wheatsheaf public house which removed permitted development rights for change of use (including to supermarkets). Wandsworth Council has also recently consulted on a draft Town Centres Supplementary Planning Document, although not yet formally approved, in it, it sets out the council’s intention to put in place an article 4 direction relating to a number of pubs in the area: 3.3 A case could be made to use Article 4 Directions to control the change of use of public houses and bars to other uses, painting and the demolition of public houses and bars that may otherwise be ‘permitted development’. It is likely that the Council will make Article 4 Directions covering all the relevant public houses and bars considered worthy of protection rather than make separate Directions relating to each individual premises. This work will begin following the adoption of the SPD. Waltham Forest Council also published a draft public houses supplementary planning document in December 2014 which again proposes making an article 4 direction to cover a wide number of pubs across the borough. This has not yet been formally adopted. On 26 January 2015 the Government put forward proposals to provide that the listing of a pub as an “asset of community value†would trigger a temporary removal of the national permitted development rights for the change of use or demolition of those pubs. The change would be made by the introduction of new secondary legislation. The press notice stated: This will mean that in future where a pub is listed as an asset of community value, a planning application will be required for the change of use or demolition of a pub. This then provides an opportunity for local people to comment, and enables the local planning authority to determine the application in accordance with its local plan, any neighbourhood plan, and national policy. The local planning authority may take the listing into account as a material consideration when determining any planning application. Further information about assets of community value is provided in Library standard note, Assets of Community Value Article 4 directions.pdf Assets of Community Value.pdf Will the council step in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylestone Voice Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowheelsgood Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Succinct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubique Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Megiland posted the latest planning applications - shows that another pub , The Cotterial Arms , in Whitecross has made application to be converted to three flats . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Good news! I see HC have had restrictions put on the Broadleys, meaning that planning permission would now be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Too late Not quite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 FB Yes this is really great news Roger. Nice to see a better colour coat of paint on the building too lol Here is the full statement which I have added to our Facebook Page. It has been announced that the Broadleys pub in Hereford is not going to be converted into a Co-op convenience store afterall, it is to remain as a pub with popular local landlady Tina Carey continuing as the leaseholder. The pub will now be leased by its new owners, NewRiver Retail, back to Marstons Brewery. This great news follows a long campaign led by locals and Herefordshire CAMRA. It was back in January 2015 that plans were first announced to convert the important community pub into a Co-op store. Following a CAMRA request, Herefordshire Council acted to protect the pub by placing an Article 4 Direction on the premises and later it was also registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). Allied with the number and strength of objections, this made it highly unlikely that planning permission would be granted. Mark Haslam, Campaigns & Public Affairs Officer for Herefordshire CAMRA, says about the successful outcome of the campaign: "This is great news for those who don't want to see our local pubs converted into supermarkets by big corporations without consulting local communities first, but more importantly it means that a facility that a whole area relies on now has a real chance of a long term future." There are already plans in hand to organise a party in the coming weeks at the Ross Road pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian symonds Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Very good news, getting to be a lack of pubs on that side of the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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