Plymouth<\/a> and Launceston, the ancient capital of Cornwall.<\/p>\nIt was later run as a cafe but closed in January 2024 due to retirement and viability concerns.<\/p>\n
Planning agents for Hunts Renovations Ltd said two new builds would be situated on the car park and the cafe\/pub would be converted into three homes.<\/p>\n
The scheme has received some local objections with one saying the site falls within the Cornwall and West Devon UNESCO World Heritage Site and should be protected.<\/p>\n
They said it represents \u201cthe sole potential asset for local social cohesion\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor local families, it is a vital safeguard against rural isolation. Furthermore, positioned directly on the Drake’s Trail active travel network, the venue is a vital piece of economic and recreational infrastructure for thousands of annual tourists, hikers, and cyclists.<\/p>\n
\u201c Its loss fundamentally harms the setting of these heritage trails and the local visitor economy, violating the Tavistock Neighbourhood Plan\u201d.<\/p>\n
Eleven letters of objection have so far been submitted to the council and two in support.<\/p>\n
A resident in support said: \u201cBuilding houses on this site is a good idea. It’s an absolute eyesore at the moment. However I think two and three bedroom houses only are needed around here. You’d even do well to build two bedroom maisonettes . I’m also assuming the road will have a 30 mph limit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cars can currently drive at 40mph on this road.<\/p>\n
The public have until July 23 to submit their comments on the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The site has been closed to patrons for more than two years The former Drake’s Cafe and Halfway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,3920,2191,192748,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-675398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-plymouth","tag-pubs-and-bars","tag-tavistock","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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