will sewerage and water run-off go If the property is rented will the tenants be dependent on the bus service The proposed micro-pub The following comments and queries were received on the proposed micro-pub The change of use of the pub is built in to the two R&C planning proposals The pub has not had a good manger and chef for several/many years: most recent tenants have had very limited/no experience of pub management, and there has been no investment by McMullen’s in the pub. A manager and chef from a pub in North Welwyn had made a good job before the pub was closed, but they were moved on after a short period of time. It was felt these were the reasons the pub had failed There are examples of good village pubs e.g. Weston – The micro-pub has only 26 seats not enough for 2 cricket teams and supporters – and larger village events Restricting pub car parking to 3 spaces (the manger, staff, one visitor) is regarded as ridiculous No evidence of successful micro-pubs in small villages was found on-line: most examples were in towns and cities It was generally felt that a very small pub selling only quality beers would not be well supported and would not be successful in Aston We need to think about what pub format we would support and how many dwellings would be viable on the site The consensus was that we want a village pub, large enough to support village events, and serving simple but good quality, reasonably priced, hot pub food. The current pub appears to be renting out rooms this is breaking the law – Village Meeting Feedback SB asked the meeting how they felt about the R&C proposals. On a show of hands there were no indications in support and 53 against, including the 7 Aston Parish Councillors, and the District Councillor Next SB explained that we had a meeting with the Planning Officer, Mrs Lisa Paige, earlier that day. She had advised that the decision on the proposed planning would go to Councillors: it would not be made within the Planning Dept. She also advised that, if the village wished for the proposals to be rejected in their current form, then it would be advisable to:
will sewerage and water run-off go If the property is rented will the tenants be dependent on the bus service The proposed micro-pub The following comments and queries were received on the proposed micro-pub The change of use of the pub is built in to the two R&C planning proposals The pub has not had a good manger and chef for several/many years: most recent tenants have had very limited/no experience of pub management, and there has been no investment by McMullen’s in the pub. A manager and chef from a pub in North Welwyn had made a good job before the pub was closed, but they were moved on after a short period of time. It was felt these were the reasons the pub had failed There are examples of good village pubs – e.g. Weston The micro-pub has only 26 seats – not enough for 2 cricket teams and supporters and larger village events Restricting pub car parking to 3 spaces (the manger, staff, one visitor) is regarded as ridiculous No evidence of successful micro-pubs in small villages was found on-line: most examples were in towns and cities It was generally felt that a very small pub selling only quality beers would not be well supported and would not be successful in Aston We need to think about what pub format we would support and how many dwellings would be viable on the site The consensus was that we want a village pub, large enough to support village events, and serving simple but good quality, reasonably priced, hot pub food. The current pub appears to be renting out rooms – this is breaking the law Village Meeting Feedback SB asked the meeting how they felt about the R&C proposals. On a show of hands there were no indications in support and 53 against, including the 7 Aston Parish Councillors, and the District Councillor Next SB explained that we had a meeting with the Planning Officer, Mrs Lisa Paige, earlier that day. She had advised that the decision on the proposed planning would go to Councillors: it would not be made within the Planning Dept. She also advised that, if the village wished for the proposals to be rejected in their current form, then it would be advisable to:
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