Plans to demolish a former Peterborough pub to be demolished have been refused.

In June, TYS Retail Ltd submitted an application to completely demolish the building on 5 Church Street, Stanground, which was formerly home to The Golden Lion pub.

The pub building has stood vacant for over a decade and become an anti-social hotspot in recent years.

Plans were for it to be replaced with a ground floor shop with a residential flat above it, however, these have been refused due to number of design concerns and issues with the character of the area.

The decision notice states: “The proposal would result in the total loss of the former Golden Lion Public House, a nondesignated heritage asset and would cause less than substantial harm to the significance of the wider character and appearance of the Stanground Conservation Area.

"The replacement building is considered to make a reduced contribution to the character and appearance of the area and the proposal fails to preserve or enhance the heritage assets affected.

"The proposed development, by reason of its poor architectural quality, inadequate response to this prominent corner site, weak principal elevations, unsympathetic shopfront and shutter arrangements, limited landscaping and continued dominance of parking and servicing infrastructure, would fail to respond positively to the character, appearance and significance of its surroundings.

"In addition, the proposal fails to demonstrate the efficient and effective use of a highly sustainable brownfield site, with no meaningful optimisation of the site's development potential.”

A number of planning applications have been submitted for the building since the closure of the pub, which never came to fruition. This included a proposed conversion into a community centre, a new convenience store, and even residential flats.

The latest application stated that the building is in ‘very poor condition’ at the first floor level and is open to the elements where leadwork has been taken from the roof.

Plans must now be resubmitted and approved before any action can be taken. The latest plans and the full reasons they were refused can be found on Peterborough City Council’s planning portal. To access them search using reference 26/002457/FUL.