A derelict Peterborough pub can now be renovated as part of plans to build an 80-bed care home. The Cherry Tree on Oundle Road, Woodston, was once a thriving pub and a favourite of Peterborough United fans.

It has remained vacant since it closed in 2016. Despite a campaign being launched to save it in 2020, it was sold to developers for more than £400,000 in the same year.

Synergy Care Developments and Muller Property Group have now received full planning permission from Peterborough City Council to build an 80-bed care home on the site. The pub building will be reinstated for residents.

The care home entrance will sit behind the pub on Oundle Road. It will become a café/bistro.

A council case officer report stated: “The proposal is considered to represent a well-designed and context

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