Chris Tyson, who is best known for appearing on MrBeast's popular YouTube channel, is celebrating Pride Month.
18.05.2023 - 08:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A landlord has been ordered to tear down a terraced beer garden shelter despite putting his 'heart and soul' into transforming the pub. Bosses say this comes after just one resident complained about it despite its use for the community.
The terrace at the Alexandra Hotel in Darwen is yet to be finished but has still cost £13,000 as building material prices increased due to the cost of living crisis. Pub bosses applied for retrospective planning permission to complete the decking, but this has been rejected by Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Paul Dean and John Scott run the pub and say they have worked tirelessly over the last 18 months to save the pub from potential demolition. It is now a thriving, family-friendly venue, they say, hosting a number of community events and a foodbank.
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The covered shelter opened in time for bonfire night last November, which is when the planning issues started. "We checked with the building owners if we needed planning permission but we were told because it was free standing, it wasn't necessary," Paul told LancsLive.
"We got it finished enough to use for Bonfire Night but then a single resident complained about it and it led to us being asked to apply for retrospective planning permission. These residents complain about everything, such as motorbikes revving their engines and I do understand as they have a young family but they also live on a busy road opposite a pub.
"We built the shelter with the best intentions, because customers asked for it and we needed a covered outdoor space for smokers to be tucked away, so they didn't congregate in the doorway when it is raining. We have put our heart and soul into
Chris Tyson, who is best known for appearing on MrBeast's popular YouTube channel, is celebrating Pride Month.
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