Locals oppose new housing plans at the White Horse pub site, wanting it fully restored as a traditional pub.
Locals oppose new housing plans at the White Horse pub site, wanting it fully restored as a traditional pub.
Kimpton Residents Fight House Plans for Beloved Old White Horse Pub
There were past attempts to make it housing. One plan was for a single house in 2015. Another idea was a house, offices, and a small pub. That plan failed in 2021.
The newest plan looks like the 2021 one. It includes a small bar and a house. It also has office space within the building.
Save Our White Horse opposes this plan. They want to buy and fix the old pub. They want it fully open as a pub again. Residents are also against the new proposal. People are angry the building declined for ten years.
They want their pub back, not just a small pub. They don’t want the house development. The prior rejection still applies now, they say.
Save Our White Horse thinks they will succeed. They heard from others who saved their pubs. These groups faced similar problems and won.
Alistair Strathern, a Member of Parliament, supports them. He met Save Our White Horse members recently. He said village pubs are very important. Strathern wants the Kimpton pub reopened. He will support the Save Our White Horse campaign fully. Also, he will support pubs nationally.
There were past attempts to make it housing. One plan was for a single house in 2015. Another idea was a house, offices, and a small pub. That plan failed in 2021.
The newest plan looks like the 2021 one. It includes a small bar and a house. It also has office space within the building.
Save Our White Horse opposes this plan. They want to buy and fix the old pub. They want it fully open as a pub again. Residents are also against the new proposal. People are angry the building declined for ten years.
They want their pub back, not just a small pub. They don’t want the house development. The prior rejection still applies now, they say.
Save Our White Horse thinks they will succeed. They heard from others who saved their pubs. These groups faced similar problems and won.
Alistair Strathern, a Member of Parliament, supports them. He met Save Our White Horse members recently. He said village pubs are very important. Strathern wants the Kimpton pub reopened. He will support the Save Our White Horse campaign fully. Also, he will support pubs nationally.