Ide Hill pub closed after council confusion over renovation

Ide Hill villagers have voiced their anger at a planning debacle which has led to the closure of their pub.More than 30 residents and regulars filed into a parish council meeting on Tuesday after The Cock Inn was forced to suspend renovation work following contradictory advice from district planning officers.Licensee Monica Scrace said she had initially been told the proposed work to move the bar in the 400-year-old pub would not need listed building consent. But the district council had a...


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