Plans have been approved to redevelop a former pub - but its former landlord is unhappy with the decision.

The Ploughman pub served the Werrington community in Peterborough from 1982 until early 2024, when it closed after a legal battle between former landlord Andy Simmonds and previous owners of the building Melbourne Leisure Holdings.

A planning application, which has already been refused once, was re-submitted by the current owners Gujjar Investments Ltd in July to convert the former pub into a smaller sports bar and three retail units.

Despite refusal the first time around over parking and noise concerns, as well as the failure to justify the loss of a community facility, Peterborough City Council planners decided to grant the latest application in November which claimed to rect

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