Dear Mark,

Urgent – The Crown, Pishill, South Oxfordshire

We are writing on behalf of the Campaign for Pubs urging South Oxfordshire District Council to throw out the application by Russell Brand’s company to convert – and by doing so permanently close – the Crown, Pishill.

The Campaign for Pubs is the grassroots campaign group established to support, promote and protect pubs, bringing together publicans, pub campaigners, customers and brewers and all who value our pub culture.

We support locals in Pishill in their campaign to stop the attempt to seek change of use of The Crown and, to just as importantly, see it re-open under new ownership (ownership that wants to run it successfully once again as Pishill’s village pub).