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Pity it wasn't listed. There was certainly a reson for it being so.

A group of property developers have been ordered to rebuild a Grade II-listed pub that they demolished without permission.

The historic Punch Bowl Inn at Hurst Green, Lancashire, needs to be rebuilt brick by brick within a year, a judge has ruled.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-to-rebuild-it

They are still trying though.

However, in the latest twist, Donelan Trading has now put in a new planning application to Ribble Valley Borough Council in which they propose building holiday lets. They make various claims that it was be "impossible" to rebuild the Punch Bowl to its former design including that it would not meet building regulations and would create a "dangerous" entrance.

The application reveals they would build six holiday lets and one for manager's accommodation.

In a planning statement the applicants state: "The north east corner of the original building was built right up to the edge of the highway and on something of a bend, and the original front door of this part of the premises opened directly onto the road which was clearly dangerous and this doorway was not used. It would be impossible to actually rebuild the building exactly on its original site without closing or restricting Longridge Road as to scaffold the corner would encroach on the highway and to try to build this corner without scaffolding would not meet the health and safety requirements."

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashi...ished-26915290