This planning application, PL/2025/0001258/FUL, has been presented by the new owners of the Auction House public house (Punch Taverns) to build another two three bed dwellings on the carpark near the current entrance to the carpark with allocated parking for five vehicles. The proposed site plan indicates there will be nineteen car parking spaces remaining after this development is completed, down from the original sixty four spaces pre 2018. Should the public house change hands again in the future there is a real danger that the precedent that has been set will allow more new dwellings to be built on the car park. At what point does a lack of parking allow for the demolition of the public house itself, which is designated a Heritage Asset. The new managers of the Auction House, who have a long lease, have great plans for the pub but the significant reduction in parking spaces may adversely affect these plans. The poor performance of the public house in the past appears to have encouraged its owners to look for other ways to raise income.
This ePetition ran from 28/07/2025 to 23/09/2025 and has now finished.
71 people signed this ePetition.