A former pub deemed ‘economically unviable’ could be overhauled for new homes.
A planning application has been submitted to Milton Keynes Council by Paul Newman New Homes (PNNH) for the former Foresters Arms site on Newport Road, New Bradwell.
The plans submitted outline the demolition of the pub and the building of nine new homes.
The homes would be a mix of six three-bed houses, three flats, with 20 parking spaces. A new vehicle access is also proposed in the application.
A similar scheme by PNNH was formally withdrawn in March this year.
And yet an even earlier scheme was also withdrawn in September 2021 after “a number of” consultee comments and “request for additional information”.
The former pub which had a play area, beer garden and car park, is currently vacant having ceased trading in March 2020.
A report states it was providing “very low returns”, no rental income, and “limited income from beer supply”.
“The pub therefore ceased to be an economically viable proposition,” it adds.
After a long bidding process about its future, the premises was sold for development to PNNH, in September 2020.
“It is not considered that the loss of the facility would be to the detriment of the local community given that an alternative, and more attractive public house, in the form of the New Inn is located some 250m from the site,” a planning statement reads.
Council officers will now decide what becomes of the application.
