Pub demolition turns unexpectedly expensive!

[mr_cellophane]

The community managed to save the Antwerp Arms in Tottenham from developers turning it into flats
http://www.antwerparms.co.uk/

 

[Over The Hill]

As far as it goes, you're right.

However, having been declined planning permission to build flats on the basis of the building of historic interest that already occupies the site, the developers thought they'd try to be clever - remove the building, they remove the objection.

They've tried to play the system, as is fairly common practice. Unfortunately for them the council have successfully played another part of the system and shoved it up their arriss.

It was a cynical attempt to try and be a bit clever, but the problem with people who think they're clever is that they rarely are, a lesson that's presumably passed by the businessmen of Tel Aviv.

So then if councils now slap a listing or restriction on an area, you are OK that everyone in that area will be forced to replace all their replacement windows, paint roof tiles and everything else that is not original to make it meet the new restriction criteria?


Also I would note that the biggest vandals of our historic towns has been the council for that town.