Flats plan for pub is 'likely to be refused'

COUNCILLORS SAY PUB IS 'TOO IMPORTANT' FOR LOCALS

- ALISON STEPHENSON

PLANNERS in Plymouth look likely to refuse a proposal to convert a former pub into flats. The owner of the Grenville Hotel in the St Judes area of the city wants to change the use of the ground floor after previously converting the first floor into flats.

He claims the pub is not viable and has been on the market for 18 months and even gone to auction but there have been no offers. But local residents have expressed interest in buying the property which they say has provided social connection and brought a sense of community to the area.