In our Winter issue, we reported
that Bromsgrove District Council voted to list the Greyhound as an Asset of
Community Value (ACV), and that the council also denied permitted development
rights of the pub to the property developers. Since then, the developers have
submitted a full planning application to demolish the pub, alongside another
application to build over 400 homes on Whitford Road. Nearly 200 objections
were made by residents and concerned CAMRA members, and a public meeting was
organised in January by local councillors and a local campaign group named
Whitford Vale Voice.
Redditch and Bromsgrove CAMRA’s
Branch Chairman Gez Quinn said: ‘We know that local councils are always under
pressure to build more houses but this shouldn’t be at the expense of existing
facilities; especially those that have been identified as local assets.’
The full application is yet to be
voted upon by Bromsgrove District Council, but it was submitted after the
Greyhound’s ACV status was granted. The developer has now appealed against the
pub’s ACV status; and a tribunal is due to take place in July.
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