The Chartist, Skelmanthorpe
Plans to demolish a pub in a conservation area and build 4 houses:
I went to this pub when I was 15 and tried my first donner kebab, which the landlady let us bring in from the takeaway across the road.
Skelmanthorpe used to have 5 pubs, with 1, The Grove, remaining open. The others have since been converted into houses or other commercial uses, but have remained standing. Interestingley Skelmanthorpe has seen a couple of wine bars and cafes open over the last few years which suggests the market for leaving the house occasionally in the evening, is on the rise. So its not the right time to erase a pub from the village.
I have objected, noting that the net benefit to the village would be 2 dwellings (assuming converting the pub could deliver 2 further dwellings). This is not enough benefit to justify demolition of a Victorian building in a conservation area, particularly as there are around 329 houses allocated elsewhere in the village. 2 windfall dwellings are hardly going to change the place. However the loss of a historic pub would.
The Demolition Register 