Councillors back plan to reopen St Jude's pub

RESISTANCE CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR FLATS CONVERSION

- KATE OBORN

A PLYMOUTH pub could be brought back to life, despite the building’s owner still pushing plans to convert the venue into flats.

Councillors are supporting a potential plan to get the pub back up and running and have been holding meetings with regulars.

One man, Steve Venner, has even offered to buy The Grenville for the second time, in a bid to save it.

Residents, along with local councillors, are determined to bring the “safe space” pub back to St Jude’s, after it closed its doors in June this year.

The pub’s closure has caused “fractured friendships” with residents saying there is now “nowhere to go” in the St Jude’s area to “meet and socialise”.

Pub owner Andrew Cotterell wants to convert the venue, but the first change of use planning application was refused by Plymouth City Council.