Worry at plans to demolish Bramcote pub

PLANS to demolish a pub and build a nursing home will be "a real loss to the community", say campaigners.

The Rose Grower in Sandringham Drive, Bramcote Hills, was sold by Greene King to Savace Ltd in July and closed.

Now the company has submitted plans to Broxtowe Borough Council to build a nursing home, with 32 bedrooms and ten parking spaces.

Doreen Smalley, from the Lows Estate Residents' Association, said: "If that pub goes it will be the end of an era. There is a lot of people objecting.

"It will be a loss for the community. It was used for councillors' meetings, the association meetings. We never had trouble there. It was a family pub where you could meet friends."

It is believed the nearest pub is now The Nurseryman, in Derby Road, about half a mile away from the Rose Grower.

Broxtowe Borough councillor for Bramcote, David Watts, said: "I'm concerned about the lack of facilities, it's a very large estate that will have no community facilities at all. I'm very worried about the loss of the pub. It's valued in the area. We used to have our meetings there, it was a popular pub."

Savace Ltd said the site was detrimental to the area because there is little greenery and landscaping, and a big car park. It said a nursing and care home will serve the community, "as well as removing noise and other undesirable issues inherent with a public house".

Andrew Ludlow, secretary of Nottingham Campaign For Real Ale, said many pubs outside the city centre were struggling. He said: "It's to the detriment of the community. You end up where the only pubs surviving are the major ones in city centres."

Bramcote councillor Stan Heptinstall, of Broxtowe Borough Council, said: "It's important it's used, the last thing we want is a closed up building, we want to put it to a good use, having a nursing home in close proximity could be a good thing."

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