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ONE Brit pub a week is being flattened without permission, brewing experts have claimed. <\/p>\n
The Campaign for Real Ale – aka Camra – said up to a third of pub losses are unauthorised with councils failing to act. Boozers are being burned down – like Britain's wonkiest inn The Crooked House in Staffordshire – bulldozed or converted into homes.<\/p>\n
Camra has called on the Government to halt the wipe out by making demolishing a pub without permission a crime and hitting developers who flout the law with bigger fines.<\/p>\n
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Since the Crooked House was burned to the ground and allegedly demolished without permission within 48 hours analysts have discovered more than 20 pubs that have been suspiciously gutted by fire.<\/p>\n
Camra chief executive Tom Stainer said them group was calling for demolition or conversion without permission to be illegal – a specific criminal offence.<\/p>\n
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"Under the current legislation demolition or conversion without permission is covered by the weaker 'unlawful' definition – doing something not authorised by law – and in many cases local authorities seem unable or unwilling to take enforcement action,'' he said.<\/p>\n
"Up to a third of pub losses may be unauthorised, meaning a pub such as the Crooked House could be being converted every six days without relevant permissions. Camra wants stronger rules that require local authorities to take enforcement action.''<\/p>\n
The organisation behind the The Good Beer Guide also wants a statutory rather than discretionary duty on planning authorities to investigate and remedy breaches – forcing those who unlawfully raze pubs to the ground to rebuild them brick by brick'. Camra said it was probing more than 30 potentially unlawful demolitions and conversions of pubs between January and June this year alone. <\/p>\n
A Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities spokesman said: "We already protect pubs through the planning system which means they are specifically excluded from the permitted development right which grants planning permission for the demolition of most other buildings in England.'' <\/p>\n
Jerry.Lawton@DailyStar.co.uk<\/p>\n
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