A bid to bulldoze an historic pub and replace it with a care home and apartment block has been dismissed by a planning inspector. New Care (Altrincham) Ltd appealed against the refusal of the Trafford planning authority to grant permission for the demolition of The Pelican Inn pub and adjoined Altincham Lodge hotel on Manchester Road in Timperley.
The derelict former Greene King pub is regarded by Trafford council as a 'non-designated heritage asset' (NDHA). It closed in 2020 and never reopened.
The time span for New Care's application to Trafford planning and development committee to be considered lapsed in the summer because of an administrative backlog. That prompted the company to appeal against the authority's 'non-determination' of the application.
