Pub's beer garden should not have been built, planners rule

'HEARTBREAKING' DECISION COULD MEAN CLOSURE OF THE OLD VOL, WARNS BOSS

- By JOE LOCKER

RETROSPECTIVE plans for a pub's beer garden have been rejected, amid concerns some developments are “playing fast and loose” with planning rules.

The Old Volunteer, Caythorpe, run by the Reddington Pub Company, applied for back-dated planning permission for its beer garden, children's play area and miniature village, and a car park.

The beer garden of the pub - known as the Old Vol - is subject to planning enforcement because permission was not first granted.

Director of the pub company, Sean Reddington, has been further seeking permission for a new glazed structure in the beer garden.

However the plans were unanimously rejected by Newark and Sherwood District Council's planning committee on Thursday.

The authority acknowledged Mr Reddington had worked positively to solve problems relating to parking and the impact on the green belt, but said flooding concerns remained.