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From the
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk 22 March 2018, by Joe Dempsey.
O'Dowds pub in Plumstead will not become flats says developers.
Developers planning to build flats at the site of an abandoned pub in
Plumstead have insisted the pub itself will not be touched.
O’Dowd’s Pub at 67 Plumstead High Street has been shut since 2014 and
residents wanted to have the building listed as an Asset of Community
Value.
A petition was launched urging people to oppose plans by Langleys
Chartered Surveyors to build a three-storey building with eight homes at
the site.
More than 300 people already signed the online petition, started by
Stephen O’Connor, highlighting that the planning application had no
reference to retaining the pub.
However the developers insisted they had absolutely no plans to touch
the pub at all and are only building at land behind the pub.
A spokesman from Langleys said: “The planning application does not go on
the top of the pub or change the use of the pub.”
The planning application states that the new structure would not be
visible from the high street at all, and that the building will “not be
affected by the development proposed and there will be no alteration to
the building’s appearance when viewed from the street.”
The plans were originally submitted to Greenwich planning office in
January 2016 but Langleys said delays with the council has led to the
project approval being pushed back.
Above plans showing the proposed building at the back of the pub in
Green Man Court. January 2016.
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