Neighbours have spoken out about plans to turn an ‘eyesore’ site which was previously a pub into new homes. The former Blue Bell pub on Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, will be turned into four two-storey houses and four additional four-bedroom properties will be built on land behind the property.
The plans were approved by Ashfield District Council on May 17, after a previous plan to demolish the pub and use the land for townhouses and an apartment block was rejected. Residents have recalled what the pub was like in previous years.
Tiffany Allen, manager of Eastfield Store, and Parm Rengi, the owner of Eastfield Store, also recalled that the pub saw many different owners. Mrs Rengi added that it was once popular but now it’s an eyesore, she said: “I think it's good that something else is being done with it. It’s a bit of an eyesore.”
