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Plans to convert historic village pub into housing thrown out

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A plan to convert a rural village pub and its car park into housing has been thrown out by Bury Council. Proposals to turn Grade II listed The Lord Raglan at Mount Pleasant in Nangreaves, near Bury, into four apartments and build six terraced homes on its car park were submitted to Bury Council by developers City View Estates.

The pub, which dates back to the nineteenth century, shut suddenly in October 2017 when its landlord, Terry Leyden, retired.

Villagers then formed The Raglan Community Hub group in a bid to rescue the pub but attempts to buy the site failed. The campaigners hoped to allow the pub to continue as a public amenity for the community and successfully applied for it to be listed as an asset of community value. READ MORE: Green light for bus reform: What does it mean for passengers? In September 2019, City View Estates told the Manchester Evening News they had agreed a deal to buy the land for £500,000, subject to planning permission.

The plans were to convert the existing public house building into four two-bed apartments and build four terraced houses on the car park area.

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