Plans to build houses the site of a "landmark" pub have been knocked back by the council.
Hooton Hotel Development Ltd proposed a bid to build 13 properties on the site of the historic Hooton Hotel on Hooton Road, near Ellesmere Port. The pub closed in 2018 and failed to sell at auction, but plans to demolish the building and replace it with housing have been rejected by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
The plans had been amended to reduce the number of new homes down from 18 to 13, including four apartments and eight detached properties, with a further house attached to the apartments. There were 25 objections to the scheme from members of the public, with objections made on various grounds including a lack of infrastructure to support more homes, the site being on green belt, traffic concerns and the fact that the building was a local "landmark".
