'Sadness' as plans to turn beloved Black Country pub into an ASDA resubmitted after successful community campaign defeated original application
ASDA have resubmitted plans to turn Coseley's Old Chainyard pub into a supermarket after a community campaign defeated the original application earlier this year.
Dudley Council rejected plans to turn the pub into a supermarket in March after nearly 400 local people objected to the plans.
However, this week plans to change the use of the historic building were resubmitted to the authority's planning department.
Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley MP Antonia Bance, who spearheaded the campaign this Spring, has called on residents to again object to the plans.
She said: "Sadly, after the community campaign defeated the planning proposal to turn it into an Asda earlier this year, the owners have put in another planning application.
"I’ll be writing to oppose it, as I did the last one. It’s reference P25/0764 on the Dudley Council website if you want to object to the loss of this fantastic community pub."
CAMRA also campaigned to stop the Old Chainyard from being lost forever.
Dudley and South Staffordshire branch chairman John Corser said: “I am objecting to the loss of this public house, which is a community asset to Roseville and the wider Coseley area.
“It is one of the few real ale pubs in the area and serves an important role in putting on events for the local community. It is well used by regulars and visited by CAMRA members from across the West Midlands and further afield.”
The original application was refused due a lack of parking spaces. The report also criticised the planned extension to the rear of the pub "was out of keeping with the appearance of the site".
The report, which called for its refusal, said: "The proposal falls significantly short of the parking standards with a shortfall of 13 spaces and the potential for displacement onto the road is considered to pose a significant highway safety issue in this location."
The new application, states: "The conversion of the public house to a convenience store following the demolition of the single-storey side extension and erection of a new build extension to the rear of the site, utilising existing access off Castle Street, with associated parking, hard and soft landscaping."
