'Locals are fed up with the whole farce': Reaction to latest housing plans for derelict Telford pub
An objection to the latest plans to convert a Grade II-listed former pub into homes has suggested the community wants to see an end to the five-year debacle.
Last month, new plans that would see the conversion of the dilapidated Beacon hotel on Ironbridge Road in Madeley were submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council.
It's been more than five years since the pub was left standing empty, with the Grade II-listed building now entering a state of delapidation.
In 2023 it was taken on by new owners who soon submitted plans to turn the pub into nine one-bedroom flats, with a further seven built on the site.
The plans were withdrawn last October, after several objections from residents and one from Telford & Wrekin Council's ecology team over the potential impact on bats.
The latest owners have previously stated the property has "deteriorated significantly" since 2019.
