The owners of a 225-year-old Ribble Valley pub that was unlawfully flattened could face fresh legal action – after they failed to comply with an order to rebuild it.The Grade II-listed Punch Bowl, on Longridge Road in Hurst Green, was demolished without permission in June 2021. Five people were found guilty of their part in illegally levelling the historic Lancashire hostelry, north east of Ribchester, after a trial the following year.
“The Planning Inspectorate roundly dismissed an appeal by the owners of the Punch Bowl against our enforcement notice compelling them to restore the site to its former state,” Cllr Atkinson said. The reputedly haunted pub had stood empty since 2012. Permission was granted in 2018 to Donelan Trading to convert the building into five holiday lets and a cafe. That project would have involved some demolition work and the building of extensions.
“Clearly, this is incorrect because at my site inspection I observed very large piles of stonework from the demolition on site. Some of this material may have been compromised through the careless demolition process, but there is insufficient evidence before me to conclude that this is actually the case,” the inspector wrote.
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