From: on behalf of DC
Secretaries
Subject: FW: Ref. 09/01557/F- The Bishop Blaize
Sir,
We object to this latest application for change of use to
private dwelling on the following grounds:-
(1) There has been licensed
property continuously on this site since 1640 AD, historically known as The
Olde Inn and under the previous owner was included in travel guide books as part
of the attractions to this unique area.
(2) The previous licensee operated a
highly successful pub to include food of a high standard as well
as furnished garden area to the rear with a childrens play facility. The
car park is of sufficient size to avoid overflow parking on the narrow
streets in Burdrop. The pub was very well managed, well patronised by peoples
from a very wide area. It had an excellent , friendly reputation.
(3) In
stark contrast the applicant deliberately and immediately set out to ensure the
business failure by adopting a most unfriendly attitude to customers and
within about two weeks after handover the pub was infrequently used and had
become a miserable place.
(4) The applicant thenappointed a Manager, who with
his family moved into the pub and living quarters. This unfortunate family had
NO experience of the licensed trade or for the provision of food, and was given
no training even on how to operate the cash teller- needing the help of a former
employee to help. During this time the business effectively "failed" and it was
no surprise that it closed.
(5) Since the Applicant owned another similar
establishment, run by his wife, it could reasonably be expected that he was a
suitable person to run such an establishment. He would have been able to carry
out his own research into the prospects for continued success from his
experiences in the trade and to have read and understood trading accounts that
were made available or could have been explained to him by his own
accountant.
(6) My opinion is that the applicant deliberately set out to
ensure the business failure so that he could profit from frequently submitting
planning applications for change of use to private dwellings and building as
many as he could get permission for. To that end he has allowed the fabric of
the pub with living accomodation, car park and large gardens to seriously
decline so that substantial remedial work would be needed in future.
The
Bishop Blaize support group has demonstrated the wish from local residents that
we want licensed premises to continue on that site and since we believe there
were several interested parties to aquire the pub, the Application should be
denied, which would encourage the applicant to either run it as a pub or dispose
of it in the open market.
Thank you for your attention.
Maurice and Lynn
Archer, 4 Walford Road. Sibford Ferris, Banbury, OX15 5BL
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