Owners of Peterborough village community pub hoping to reopen 'in the next few weeks'
The Bull in Newborough is listed as an Asset of Community Value.
The owners of The Bull pub in Newborough have said that they hope to have the pub trading again ‘in the next few weeks.’
The pub- which is the only remaining pub in the village- closed suddenly in February.
It has since been placed up for sale and notices placed up on the pub. The pub on Guntons Road has previously been used as a polling station and hosted Paul Bristow’s MP surgeries.
The notice begin a period of moratorium in which time community interest groups can register their interest to be treated as potential bidders for the pub.
Potential bidders must be able to show a local connection and must meet the criteria set out by the Localism Act 2011.
The initial moratorium period will expire on May 29 at 5pm.
Owners Stonegate have now moved to reassure residents that the process of fining a new landlord is in the final stages.
A spokesperson from Stonegate said, “The Bull, in Newborough has been closed for a brief period whilst we are recruiting for a new publican to run the much-loved local hub.
"We are pleased to confirm that we are now in the final stages of recruitment and hope to have the pub open and trading again in the next few weeks.”