Planning officials have recommended the approval of a proposal to convert an inn first licensed in 1604 to housing. Inverwest Ltd has sought permission for its plans for The Crook Inn in the Peeblesshire village of Tweedsmuir. Under the proposal to Scottish Borders Council it would turn the building into four flats and one house.
More than 150 objections have been received to the scheme but planning officials have recommended approval by the Tweeddale Area Committee.
The housing development has been the subject of an opposition campaign since it was first proposed. Opponents have also formed a community company with a view to buying the property and running it as a pub. However, it now appears that plans to develop housing on the site will be given the all clear.
Yet again the Planning Department ignores the views of local people. One might expect them to pay more attention after the Local Plan debacle.
A visit to The Crook Inn was always a great experience. The combination of the 17th century bar, the Art Deco dining room and, of course, the amazing Art Deco Ladies and Gentlemen 'retiring rooms' which surely merit a preservation order, makes for a most unusual and very historic building.
Lets hope that our councillors will stand up for this fantastic building and give the community a chance to keep the inn open.
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3 comments:
I strongly agree that The Crook Inn should be retained as a travellers' hostelry. Like many travellers I have used this staging post for over 50 years; it has varied from very good to appalling, depending on the owners.
But it has always been there - a beacon of warmth on a long road between distant villages. It always looks its best in deep snow.
To convert it into houses is like converting Edinburgh Castle into flats - I don't need to tell you how many good planning reasons would support that.
Come on all of you with a sense of history, a sense of place or just plain common sense. Time we planned and didn't just roll over to any developers avaricious whim.
I assume someone is selling the Inn? So who is prepared to buy it and then make money from it? Do the community have the money? I 'get' the idea of tampering with our history but it needs to be more than just an historical place, there has to be some plan to make it viable.
The planning officers are merely responding to a request.
This just in.....
£20m housing proposal submitted
Plans for a £20m housing development on the outskirts of Duns have been lodged with Scottish Borders Council. Carmarthen Developments wants to build a total of 122 new houses on the site at Berrywell East.
A lack of water and sewerage system capacity has prevented building in the past but Scottish Water investment now means homes can be constructed.
The full application is likely to be considered by the council's planning committee in March or April.
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