The only pub in a Nottinghamshire village could soon be controversially demolished and replaced with new houses. The Gardeners Inn, in Cossall, near Ilkeston, was closed in February this year, with plans submitted to knock it down and build five detached houses.
Former landlady Sue Maxwell, who had run The Gardeners Inn since 2015, found out the pub had been sold to two new landlords, who intended on redeveloping the site, in July 2021. After her lease expired in February this year the pub was fenced off and boarded up.
This application was first brought before Broxtowe Borough Council's planning committee on September 7 with a recommendation to refuse the application. Councillors deferred making a decision on the application to provide local residents the opportunity to buy the pub and for the applicant to submit a viability assessment and a coal mining risk assessment.
