tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post8253667464752943972..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Newham Planning and Historic Environment TourJohn Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-52085580256306692562012-05-28T08:59:52.236+01:002012-05-28T08:59:52.236+01:00Hi Adrian
The first issue that you have to addre...Hi Adrian<br /><br />The first issue that you have to address is whether or not the Council had the legal power (at this time) to CPO? My understanding is that it doesn't. <br /><br />Even if the money was available there is no legal power to CPO in order to refurbish and bring back to use a listed building.John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-9610562369933671942012-05-28T00:19:14.719+01:002012-05-28T00:19:14.719+01:00Hi John
Thanks for your reply.
The issue, as I see...Hi John<br />Thanks for your reply.<br />The issue, as I see it, is that we should not reduce the care of an historic building like the Spotted Dog simply to money. If we did that we would have hardly any historic buildings. Most could be demolished and developed at great profit. <br />It is hard to think who else, but our council, is in a position to save this building. The Council has the power to compulsorily purchase it, to proect it for future generations. And I beleive this is what our Council ought to do. <br />AdrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-6218291672559877202012-05-14T08:29:45.258+01:002012-05-14T08:29:45.258+01:00Hi Adrian
I use to drink in the Spotted Dog and i...Hi Adrian<br /><br />I use to drink in the Spotted Dog and it was a great pub.<br /><br />We didn't visit it but it was discussed. My understanding is that there are two issues. Firstly it is the responsibility of the owners to repair and maintain a listed building and that a Compulsory Purchase Order can only be a last resort. <br /><br />The bigger problem is that the cost of refurbishing the building and bringing it back into use is likely to be more than it will be worth once this is completed. <br /><br />What this means is that it will need some sort of significant subsidy either from the private sector or the public sector (or both) to fill this gap. <br /><br />There have been a number of plans in the past which haven't yet come to anything. <br /><br />If there is a viable business plan in the future that will refurbish it and bring it back into use I am sure it will get a lot of support from all quarters.John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-44326281447389955842012-05-13T17:44:54.887+01:002012-05-13T17:44:54.887+01:00John
Newham does have some great historic listed b...John<br />Newham does have some great historic listed buildings. But I wonder whether your tour took in the 112th on the list, the Spotted Dog Public House at 212 Upton Lane. As you know this Grade II listed building is a 15th century building, a former hunting lodge, and one of the oldest pubs in the East End. As I'm sure you are very much aware, it has been boarded up for some years after the owner began some unapproved work on it. I have asked the Council to look into this and have had assurances that the state of the building is monitored. But it is clearly at considerable risk (we remember the fate of another listed building, Angel Cottage, which was illegally demolished - and has not been reinstated). It would be entirely within the Council's power to compulsorily purchase the Spotted Dog to protect it for future generations. <br /><br />I remain very concerned about it and I wonder what your views on this are. <br /><br />AdrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com