Plans for care home on site of derelict landmark Staffordshire pub

An application to knock down the former Globe Inn on East Cannock Road in Hednesford has been submitted to Cannock Chase Council.

Developers want to build a 20-bed care home on the site of the former pub which closed down several years ago.

The full planning application was registered with the district council on November 12 and the plans will be put before the planning committee in the new year.

The new development would see a two-storey building with five flats on the first floor and car parking spaces for 24 vehicles built on the land.

Leader of the council George Adamson today welcomed the news.

The Hednesford Green Heath councillor said: "The site has been a disaster area for a long time. It is an eyesore and this development will tidy up a derelict site which has been a target for travellers and arsonists.

"This is good news for local residents and for Cannock. We need more care homes in the area. The Langbourn site on Wolverhampton Road in Cannock is already over subscribed and it is only half built. There is a huge demand in this area."

Councillor Bob Todd added: "The site certainly needs to be improved. It is a mess and the proposed development may tidy it up. We do need care homes and we should be building them."

The plans have been amended and resubmitted after the original proposals for the site were refused in March 2014.

The original plans included designs for retail units on the ground floor but this idea has been scrapped in the new plans.

The first application was recommended for refusal because of poor design which officers decided would have a damaging impact on the local area and nearby properties.

Committee members rejected the application after the officer's report described it as an un-interesting development in terms of design.

The report also said the high density would result in insufficient spaces for off road parking or landscaping and the original application did not provide a safe access to the site and pedestrian safety would be at risk.

Concerns were also raised about the loss of privacy to homes near to the site.

While derelict, the former watering hole was set on fire by a 15 year old in March this year causing serious damage to the boarded up building which has also been a target for vandals.

Travellers also pitched on the site in May 2013.