Controversial plans to demolish the only pub in a Nottinghamshire village have been refused. The Gardeners Inn, in Cossal, near Ilkeston, was closed in February this year, with plans submitted to knock the building 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.
However, a notice of refusal was issued by Broxtowe Borough Council on December 15. But the long-term future of the site remains unclear. The reason for refusal given in a council document read: "Insufficient evidence to justify the loss of a community facility has been submitted to demonstrate that there is no longer a need for a public house in this location."
