Bull Planning Applications - if approved this view to go |
IMPORTANT UPDATE
– THE BULL -
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
The proposals are for two
small semi-detached houses to be built in the Bull Garden fronting The Green,
together with a four car carport to the rear, and gardens, all surrounded by a
6 foot high brick wall. To allow access
to the carport and house garden, and keep some parking for the Bull, the pub cellar
and far outbuildings would be demolished.
If these applications are
successful the results would be:
- The loss of yet another feature of the Medieval
Heart of our village, which is a designated Conservation Area.
- Our historic Village Green and its existing
surroundings have to be protected otherwise they will be nibbled away
until nothing is left.
- Blackmore will then become just another place on
the map; like so much else, a victim of contemporary apathy and greed.
- The Bull is a Grade II listed building, most of
which is over 500 years old.
- It is thought that it was originally built by the
Priory as a hostelry for pilgrims passing through Blackmore.
- The loss of the cellar and the existing garden
would sound the death knell of its long career as a public house. The last
professional publican estimates that the garden trade was worth 20% of the
pub’s business.
Our Parish Council has objected
to this proposal in the strongest terms to the Brentwood Planning Department,
supported by evidence from their own resources and from us the parishioners.
Be aware that the Parish
Council has only advisory power, the decision will be made by the Brentwood
Council on advice from the planning officers.
The planning officers are
obliged, in addition to giving advice, to report to the Council on the nature
and extent of the objections they have received.
STOP THIS VANDALISM
ACT NOW
BEFORE 9TH MAY
2013
Write or e-mail, you do not
have to live in Blackmore, setting out your objections to:
Kathryn Mathews - Reference nos: 13/00250/FUL and 13/00251/LBC
Planning Department or: planning@brentwood.gov.uk
Brentwood Borough Council
Town Hall
Ingrave Road
Brentwood
CM15 8AY
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