Yet another planning application to convert a former Bedford pub has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council.
In the last three years, two applications have been made to change, and even demolish, The Cricketers Arms pub on Goldington Road and replace it with housing.
The first to demolish the historic building and turn it into an apartment block, and another to construct a house in multiple occupation (HMO) above the pub.
Both were refused by the council.
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This time the application is to convert the pub to a restaurant, with the applicants saying the conversion of The Cricketers Arms into a restaurant was necessitated by “changing social dynamics and economic conditions”.
They added this adaptive reuse will “preserve” the building’s structure and historical integrity while “enhancing its functionality to meet contemporary needs”.
The limited information included as part of the application does not state the type of restaurant planned for the site.
More information can be found on the council’s planning portal, reference 24/00849/S73A.
The overall consultation expiry date is Wednesday, 5 June 2024.
by John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter
and Paul Hutchinson, Bedford Independent
