The owners of the Crooked House pub in Staffordshire are to appeal against an order to rebuild the famous venue brick by brick.
The pub caught fire on 5th August last year, and was demolished a few days later. South Staffordshire Council issued ATE Farms with an enforcement notice last month, ordering the company to rebuild the Crooked House as it was.
“To hear that the owners of the Crooked House in Himley have appealed against South Staffordshire Council’s enforcement notice to rebuild the demolished pub is concerning, albeit fully expected news,” said CAMRA’s pub and club campaigns director, Gary Timmins.
“The complete destruction of the Crooked House shocked the nation and struck a chord with the public, exposing a wider scandal of potentially unlawful pub conversions and demolitions. The appeal is a mockery of all the hard work put in by dedicated campaigners who championed for the pub’s future.
“CAMRA is following the case of the Crooked House closely and believes accountability needs to be taken for the obliteration of the iconic pub. Systematic change to bolster planning policy is needed to avoid situations like this arising again in the future.”
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