PLANNING permission is being sought to convert a garage and function room at a pub into a retail unit.
The proposals have been submitted to Lichfield District Council for the Green Man Inn on Main Street in Clifton Campville.
A planning statement said the freehold owners believed the scheme would help secure the future of the 16th century grade two listed pub.
“The Green Man has unfortunately suffered from a lack of investment in terms of maintenance and adjustment for modernisation that is required from a modern food and beverage establishment in order for it to achieve the expectations of customers and promote a demand suitable for sustaining it as a commercial entity.
“In the last five years it has seen two operating businesses enter insolvency – on both occasions pre-pandemic – with the most recent operator closing.
“The new freehold owners intend to reestablish the premises as a working pub that can return to playing its former part in the community.
“In order to achieve this vision, there will need to be substantial investment and alterations.
“Such alterations will involve a substantial investment and as such, consideration has been given to the development opportunity within the existing outbuildings, which consist of a garage, a function room and a bed-sit.
“It is proposed that the function room and bed-sit will be converted into two rental bungalows and the garage converted into a retail premise, again with a further focus on sympathetic adaptions and retaining key features of historical interest.”
Full details can be seen on Lichfield District Council’s planning website.
The inside looking very tired and needs refurbishment??, it’s all brand new inside, I bet this won’t go down well in Clifton, parking and traffic there is a nightmare