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New twist in campaign to save last pub in village
Merthyr Express
|April 24, 2025
A PUB which was saved by its village after a long planning dispute last year could now be turned into a shop months after the saga looked like it had come to an end.
Villagers in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, had campaigned for months to save their last pub - the Fox and Hounds - from being turned into accommodation by landlords Drew and Hayley Donaldson, who closed the pub at Christmas in 2023.
It came to a head in October at a heated planning meeting where in an impassioned speech to planners and campaigners Mr Donaldson predicted the pub wouldn’t reopen and said it wasn’t viable as a business.
He blamed villagers for not supporting the pub as well as the cost-of-living crisis.
Of his previous application, Mr Donaldson said: "The application will not cause the loss of the pub. The loss has already happened.
यह कहानी Merthyr Express के April 24, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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