Shop plan for Walsall pub branded ‘stupid’ as 500 sign petition
More than 500 people have signed a petition to stop a ‘stupid’ idea to transform a historic Willenhall pub into a shop on a busy junction.
Bar Investments Ltd have put forward a proposal to Walsall Council planning officers to transform the Bridge Tavern, based on Bentley Lane, into a new convenience store.
But the plan sparked strong opposition from people who said the location was the ‘wrong place’ for a shop as the building sits at the road’s well-used junction with High Road.
Short Heath ward councillor Josh Whitehouse started a petition which drew support from hundreds of people within a few days. He submitted the petition into Walsall Council’s cabinet at a meeting last week.
To date, 545 people have put their names to the campaign against the application, which will be discussed at planning committee after it was ‘called in’.
