An Arnold pub is set to be demolished and replaced with retirement after a six-month planning delay.
Plans to demolish the Friar Tuck pub, Arnold, and replace it with a retirement living block were approved by Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee in February 2025.
Retirement communities developer McCarthy Stone brought forward the scheme, featuring 51 apartments in an L-shaped three-storey block available for those over 60.
The pub was opened in 1958 by local Daybrook brewery the Home Brewery Company but had been run by Greene King until its closure last year.
The development of the site has been delayed by nearly six months, only getting formal approval on the council’s planning portal on Monday (August 5), due to work finalising £70,000 of financial contributions for the community.
A council spokesperson said: “Finalising this agreement took some time, which is normal for major applications. Once the legal agreement was completed, the planning permission was formally issued on August 4”
This means the actual work on the site – which has laid dormant until now – can now start with the developer expecting to “review timings in due course”.
Back in February’s planning committee meeting, one nearby resident, Carol Ball, objected to the plans over the pub being part of Arnold’s history and called the new apartment block “another ugly, bland, modern building”.
Arnold resident, Dave Finch, said he would “rather have the pub back” as opposed to the apartments, saying: “I do miss it – it was on my doorstep.”
Jean Butt, 78, said: “I think the whole thing is awful. It was the nicest looking pub in the area. My husband and I used to go in all the time and have a pint.
“The car park used to be full too. But these things happen. We don’t know what issues we’re going to have round here until they [flats] come.”
A McCarthy Stone spokesperson has said: “McCarthy Stone are excited to bring our retirement living offering to Arnold, which will include shared ownership properties to exceed the council’s requirements.”
The block will contain 36 one-bed and 15 two-bed flats, 22 off-street parking spaces, including two disabled spaces, a communal lounge and a garden.
Hope the flats will be protected against over heating in summer. (See The Guardian Tuesday 12th August)
Gutted for Arnold but wil bring more peeple into our town our London or capital
Yawn!
It was the only pub in Arnold with a library inside it.
Years & years ago it had its own swimming pool as well.
What are you both rambling on about ?
WHAT ?????