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| November 19, 2009, 12:52pm |
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Enforcement officers from West Berkshire Council moved very swiftly to stop the new Polish tenants of the old Bricklayers pub in Bartholomew Street Newbury. They had started to paint the outside walls lilac. The pub is a grade II listed building. |
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| November 19, 2009, 1:04pm |
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Firstly using emulison clearly shows they have no idea what they are doing. Secondly are they even allowed to do this as i do believe it is a listed building |
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| Meddler |
| November 19, 2009, 1:58pm |
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Is it listed? can't think why with a 1980s shopping centre built on the back |
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| Greenham Common |
| November 19, 2009, 2:03pm |
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Looks nice, doesn't it...  |
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| Resident |
| November 19, 2009, 2:09pm |
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Maybe its not purple paint but Lavender Polish?
(think about it for a bit....?? ) |
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| Meddler |
| November 19, 2009, 5:08pm |
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Looks nice, doesn't it...
Matches the Park Way bridge at night. |
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| blackdog |
| November 19, 2009, 6:07pm |
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I hope it comes off easily - there is no way even WBC's planners could allow this on a listed building in a conservation area. |
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| Greenham Common |
| November 19, 2009, 6:31pm |
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...come over 'ere, taking our jobs, taking our pubs, disrespecting our traditions...   |
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| blackdog |
| November 19, 2009, 6:39pm |
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...come over 'ere, taking our jobs, taking our pubs, disrespecting our traditions...
...breaking our laws. |
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| Nobby |
| November 19, 2009, 7:21pm |
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If they hurry the court case the business could be bankrupt before it has opened! |
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| user23.3 |
| November 19, 2009, 7:51pm |
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I don't know if they're going to go back and finish it off, but walking past it earlier they've done an awful job. |
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| brian |
| November 19, 2009, 8:48pm |
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Now you see it, now you don't. Just in case the whole front gets purpled, this will help to remind us.
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| jamoza |
| November 19, 2009, 8:56pm |
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are they allowed to do that? unless they have permission from WBC, which I doubt they do. |
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| blackdog |
| November 19, 2009, 10:52pm |
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are they allowed to do that? unless they have permission from WBC, which I doubt they do.
No, they do not have permission. As far as I can tell from WBC's website there has been no planning application related to the Bricklayers' since 2002. In effect they are breaking the law. The trouble is that the law on this issue is a total disaster, encouraging people to carry out work before gaining the necessary permission as councils (and this certainly applies to WBC) are so unsure of their legal standing that they dare not stop such work in case they get sued. Once the damage is done its much easier to persuade planners to let it be. However, they are brave boys and girls, especially when it is a small business involved and, in this case, will almost certainly reject the inevitable retrospective planning application. Hopefully the damage will not be permanent and the paint will come off (I hope they are using emulsion). |
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| Greenham Common |
| November 19, 2009, 11:00pm |
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Judging by the 'cowboy' approach outside, I'm wondering how safe it is on the inside! |
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