A former South London pub which has been closed for eight years could be given a new lease of life along with a new 28-bedroom hotel. Applicant, KAZ Hotels has submitted a planning application to redevelop Mawbey Arms in Oval and reopen it to the public once again.

The Victorian pub on Mawbey Street closed in 2017 and since then has remained vacant. The pub has been described as a "sole 19th century survivor" located in the middle of a 1970s housing estate. The council's planning applications committee has been recommended to approve of the plans at a meeting next week (September 9).

According to planning documents, the upper floors of the pub were previously used for residential purposes and there was also a pub garden, which has fallen into disrepair and is overgrown. Under the pla

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