{"id":30466,"date":"2021-07-02T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30466"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:46:03","slug":"shock-demolition-of-gii-listed-pub-sparks-council-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30466","title":{"rendered":"Shock demolition of GII listed pub sparks council investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Punch Bowl Inn in Hurst Green was flattened recently, with Ribble Valley Council saying they are &#8216;looking into it&#8217;.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 pub has been vacant since 2012\u2026. in \u2018a very poor state of repair\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>LancsLive<\/em> writes:<u><br \/>\n<\/u>The shock demolition of a derelict, Grade-II listed pub in the Ribble Valley has prompted the council to investigate it further.<\/p>\n<p>The Punch Bowl Inn, which is on the outskirts of Hurst Green near Longridge, was flattened on Tuesday June 15 with no warning.<\/p>\n<p>The pub has been vacant since 2012 but residents have been left upset and confused as to why the pub with so much history has been flattened to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Planning appeals for the pub to be converted and modernised started five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of the pub at the time, Donelan Trading Ltd, appealed for planning permission back in 2016 for a conversion of the former Punch Bowl Inn, into holiday lets and a caf\u00e9. The plans included demolition &#8211; but were only approved in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>A heritage statement submitted at the time described the Grade II listed building to be in \u201ca very poor state of repair after suffering vandalism and deterioration associated with vacancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ribble Valley Borough Council have stated that they will be looking into the demolition of the building\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancs.live\/news\/lancashire-news\/shock-demolition-grade-ii-listed-20840056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punch Bowl Inn in Hurst Green was flattened recently, with Ribble Valley Council saying they are &#8216;looking into it&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38183,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30466\/revisions\/38183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}