date:Aug 20, 2014
uses without planning permission.
The weekly pub closure rate has risen to 31 per week from 28 as of December 2013 and 26 in March of the same year with suburban areas being the worst hit, with 3% of the nations suburban pubs being lost over the last six months.
Popular and profitable pubs are being left vulnerable by gaps in English planning legislation as pubs are increasingly being targeted by those wishing to take advantage of the absence of proper planning control. It is utterly perverse