Pub is back in business after 16 years, but faces planning breach inquiry

ENFORCEMENT TEAM REVIEWING WORK CARRIED OUT ON GREEN BELT

- By JOE LOCKER Local democracy reporter

THE boss of a pub firm says venues should not be held back by “burdensome regulation” as a council investigates a development at one of his company’s premises.

Newark and Sherwood District Council says its enforcement team is reviewing work carried out on green belt to the rear of The Anchor Inn.

The pub, in Main Street, Gunthorpe, reopened on May 2 after 16 years. It has been revamped by the Reddington Pub Company, which has also reopened the nearby Tom Browns riverside brasserie as part of a £2 million project.

Pub company director Sean Reddington was this month given retrospective planning permission for the reinstatement of the pub and restaurant, including its occasional use for weddings, events, and guest accommodation.

A rear link-building is yet to be completed, but has been allowed under the same planning consent, the council said.

But additional development on green belt land at the rear of the property was not included in Mr Reddington’s planning application, and the council says its enforcement team is reviewing it.