Please stop any change of use and allow the pub to reopen.
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Angela Watts
7 years ago
Village pubs need to be protected
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Mark Turpin
7 years ago
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The unfortunate fact is that the pub is worth more money as a domestic property. The owners are cynically trying to cash in on this by running the business to ruin and then claiming economic non-viability. It is surely the duty of the planners to protect the villagers from this behaviour.
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David Chick
7 years ago
An essential asset in the village that plays an important role in linking the community
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Peter Kingswell-Farr
7 years ago
Save our village pub, this is an important community asset that needs to be protected and should not be lost.
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William R Chorley
7 years ago
The business is viable; it just requires an enthusiastic landlord. Potential is there for a thriving public house.
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Brian camp
7 years ago
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I fully support saving our village pub. The only reason it is not a viable business is because it's hardly ever open. Closes early on weekend nights. The towns have lost touch with the community.
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John Curtis
7 years ago
A Public House is a necessary for a village community, we used to have two and now have none.
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Adam Ralph
7 years ago
A village pub is essential to a village!
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Geoffrey Overington
7 years ago
Save the Roebuck.
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David Lockyer
7 years ago
The East Dorset District Council (EDDC) Core Strategy/Local Plan, which was approved by the Secretary of State, designates Sixpenny Handley a Rural Service Centre in the Settlement Hierarchy to maintain and develop leisure and retail services necessary to support the village and adjacent communities. Since its adoption in 2014 we have lost our Post Office, mobile library, hairdresser and craft/coffee shop and public transport has been progressively reduced. Under the Localism Act 2011 the Parish Council had The Roebuck Inn Registered as an Asset of Community Value with EDDC. This alone should be sufficient to signify the need of the whole parish to have such a facility, however, it is endorsed by the considerable number of objections to the application that have been submitted. 20 years ago we had two pubs. Preferred option LN18 in the Core Strategy states - “loss of facilities will be resisted.” There is a clear need but The Roebuck has been grossly underused because of a poor service delivery. There are an increasing number of Local Authorities who no longer permit change of use and thus closure of rural pubs because they are recognised as essential community assets. The Roebuck was successful and under and enlightened and competent new management it could be so again.
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Christian baker-smith
7 years ago
The pub is to fall viable providing it is run as a pub, opens! and doesn't ban anyone who uses any other the other village facilities .
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Andrew Turner
· petition starter
7 years ago
Rosemary, thanks or your support, we need to win the appeal first, we cannot buy the pub unless it is on the market which at the moment it is not.
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Rosemary Mayho
7 years ago
We need a large amount of funds from a benefactor to generate some impetus to this project.
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David Hutchins
7 years ago
Quite simply the pub has failed to adequately serve the community. For too long there was no competition for the Roebuck and no need to respond to changing times. The Roebuck has failed to offer the level or quality of service that a basic village pub should offer and consequently it has been shunned by the community.
The landlord of the Roebuck blames three other licenced premises for the decline of the pub; Hanlega’s, the campsite café, Sixpenny Brewery Tap initially and Penny Tap after the closure of the brewery in Handley. He believes all three have taken his business and should not have been granted alcohol premises licences. Ironically they are not competition, but are complimentary to a village local and are a sign of a thriving village. Despite the landlord stating they are unfair competition he has failed to respond to this perceived competition.
The village is not looking for a pub that has all the glitz of a “destination” pub, they aren’t looking for a gastro pub, a restaurant or craft bar serving beers from far and wide at London prices. The village has a strong desire for a proper pub, one that has the facilities that you would expect in a basic village local and that you don’t have to drive to, but can simply walk to.
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Alistair Broadway
7 years ago
Without the pub being reopened there will be nowhere during the day or most evenings to be able to eat or drink.
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Dean jones
7 years ago
Last pub in the village so needs to be open and run properly
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Claire Alborough
7 years ago
We would like a pub which is friendly and serves good food and drink
Keep the pub !
Please stop any change of use and allow the pub to reopen.
Village pubs need to be protected
The unfortunate fact is that the pub is worth more money as a domestic property. The owners are cynically trying to cash in on this by running the business to ruin and then claiming economic non-viability. It is surely the duty of the planners to protect the villagers from this behaviour.
An essential asset in the village that plays an important role in linking the community
Save our village pub, this is an important community asset that needs to be protected and should not be lost.
The business is viable; it just requires an enthusiastic landlord. Potential is there for a thriving public house.
I fully support saving our village pub. The only reason it is not a viable business is because it's hardly ever open. Closes early on weekend nights. The towns have lost touch with the community.
A Public House is a necessary for a village community, we used to have two and now have none.
A village pub is essential to a village!
Save the Roebuck.
The East Dorset District Council (EDDC) Core Strategy/Local Plan, which was approved by the Secretary of State, designates Sixpenny Handley a Rural Service Centre in the Settlement Hierarchy to maintain and develop leisure and retail services necessary to support the village and adjacent communities. Since its adoption in 2014 we have lost our Post Office, mobile library, hairdresser and craft/coffee shop and public transport has been progressively reduced. Under the Localism Act 2011 the Parish Council had The Roebuck Inn Registered as an Asset of Community Value with EDDC. This alone should be sufficient to signify the need of the whole parish to have such a facility, however, it is endorsed by the considerable number of objections to the application that have been submitted. 20 years ago we had two pubs. Preferred option LN18 in the Core Strategy states - “loss of facilities will be resisted.” There is a clear need but The Roebuck has been grossly underused because of a poor service delivery. There are an increasing number of Local Authorities who no longer permit change of use and thus closure of rural pubs because they are recognised as essential community assets. The Roebuck was successful and under and enlightened and competent new management it could be so again.
The pub is to fall viable providing it is run as a pub, opens! and doesn't ban anyone who uses any other the other village facilities .
Rosemary, thanks or your support, we need to win the appeal first, we cannot buy the pub unless it is on the market which at the moment it is not.
We need a large amount of funds from a benefactor to generate some impetus to this project.
Quite simply the pub has failed to adequately serve the community. For too long there was no competition for the Roebuck and no need to respond to changing times. The Roebuck has failed to offer the level or quality of service that a basic village pub should offer and consequently it has been shunned by the community. The landlord of the Roebuck blames three other licenced premises for the decline of the pub; Hanlega’s, the campsite café, Sixpenny Brewery Tap initially and Penny Tap after the closure of the brewery in Handley. He believes all three have taken his business and should not have been granted alcohol premises licences. Ironically they are not competition, but are complimentary to a village local and are a sign of a thriving village. Despite the landlord stating they are unfair competition he has failed to respond to this perceived competition. The village is not looking for a pub that has all the glitz of a “destination” pub, they aren’t looking for a gastro pub, a restaurant or craft bar serving beers from far and wide at London prices. The village has a strong desire for a proper pub, one that has the facilities that you would expect in a basic village local and that you don’t have to drive to, but can simply walk to.
Without the pub being reopened there will be nowhere during the day or most evenings to be able to eat or drink.
Last pub in the village so needs to be open and run properly
We would like a pub which is friendly and serves good food and drink
A community hub would be brilliant.