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Stop The Pubs Closing Scandal<\/h2>\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Header” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#F16022″ background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(242,179,152,0.34)” background_color_gradient_direction=”136deg” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/campaignforpubs.org.uk\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bar-5016527_1920-1024×470-1.jpg” custom_padding=”6vw||0||false|false” locked=”off” border_radii__hover=”on||||” border_radii__hover_enabled=”on||||” background_repeat__hover=”no-repeat” background_repeat__hover_enabled=”no-repeat”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_image=”https:\/\/campaignforpubs.org.uk\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bg_image_01-2x.png” background_size=”contain” background_position=”bottom_right” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”|15vw|16vw|15vw|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|10vw|24vw|10vw||true” custom_padding_phone=”” box_shadow_style=”preset7″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”-1px” box_shadow_color=”#ffffff” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” custom_width_percent=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_font_size=”5vw” header_line_height=”1.1em” background_layout=”dark” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_style=”fade” animation_direction=”top” text_font_size_tablet=”14px” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”42px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]<\/p>\n
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It is scandal that every year, many viable and wanted pubs are closed: pubs that have served local communities for many years and pubs that could and should have continued to contribute to community life and the local economy.<\/p>\n
There are many reasons for pubs closing \u2013 but often these are not the ones presented by those seeking to close them. The fact is that many pubs are closed not because they are not viable or wanted, they are closed so that owners can cash in by selling off the pub for development or for alternative use.<\/p>\n
Members of the Campaign for Pubs, the British Pub Confederation and Protect Pubs led the successful campaign to end \u2018permitted development rights\u2019. This stopped the absurd situation where pubs could simply be converted into supermarkets and other commercial uses with no need for planning permission, thus depriving communities of any say over the loss of a valued local.<\/p>\n
However pubs are still at risk from owners, especially the large pub companies, seeking to sell them off for development and alternative use, as well as from predatory purchasing by supermarkets and others who are only interested in pub sites for their redevelopment value. A huge problem, especially in London but also elsewhere, is that the redevelopment value of a pub \u2013 especially a large pub site with a garden or car park \u2013 is greater, often far greater, than the value of that pub as a going concern.<\/p>\n
This makes pubs especially attractive to predatory purchasing and has led to many viable, indeed profitable pubs being closed, against the wishes of local communities and often pubs landlords.<\/p>\n
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Pub Viability \u2013 The Truth<\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#2a2a2a” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”3.19.11″ max_width=”50px” height=”2px” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” locked=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ text_line_height=”2em” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%”]<\/p>\n
A viable pub is simply one that can make enough to cover its bills, pay the wages of its staff and fund the necessary upkeep of the building, plus in the case of a non-community pub, leaving enough to make an acceptable living for the business owner\/operator. In the case of a community pub, it just needs to cover its costs and wages and the upkeep of the building. That is still a viable and sustainable pub model \u2013 and allows a pub to continue to operate and employ local people bring money into the local community, which otherwise would be lost.<\/p>\n
Often pubcos, supermarkets and developers cynically argue that pubs are not \u2018viable\u2019 because they haven\u2019t made enough to suit their own inflated commercial interests, even though the pub has a good turnover and is profitable. Sometimes, even despite profitability, pub owners seek to close and develop pubs to cash in. It is wrong that any viable pub should be lost, especially where there is an individual, company or community prepared to buy it and retain it as a pub.<\/p>\n
Many licensees, communities and other companies and individuals have been denied the chance to buy and run a pub, which is outrageous. Councils often fall for claims by developers planning consultants that pubs are \u2018unviable\u2019 and worse still have ignored the fact that a pub did have a clear and viable future as a pub. This must stop.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″ width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” animation_style=”zoom” animation_intensity_zoom=”26%” custom_css_main_element=”display:flex;” border_width_top=”1px” border_color_top=”#F16022″ border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#F16022″][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/campaignforpubs.org.uk\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/closed-pub3.jpg” alt=”Closed Pub” title_text=”PHOTO-2020-05-31-12-19-12″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″ border_width_right=”1px” border_color_right=”#F16022″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image 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animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” locked=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ text_line_height=”2em” ul_line_height=”2em” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%”]<\/p>\n There are some key national policy changes that are needed to support, protect and stop pubs closing \u2013 and you can see more about these on our campaigns page<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is easy for our politicians to say that they value pubs \u2013 but much harder to get them to make policies and pass laws to actually support and protect pubs.<\/p>\n There are key national policy changes needed to support, protect and save pubs \u2013 and you can see more about these on our campaigns page<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy for our politicians to say that they value pubs \u2013 but much harder to get them to make policies and pass laws to actually support and protect pubs.<\/p>\n 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animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” locked=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ text_line_height=”2em” ul_line_height=”2em” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%”]<\/p>\n There are various ways in which communities can protect and stop pubs closing in their area, and these are laid out in detail on the website of our campaign partners Protect Pubs<\/a><\/p>\n Pubs can be listed as Assets of Community Value. A community group needs to apply for a listing to the local council, and if the pub is successfully listed (as pubs should be, without good reason) then this allows the community to hear if a pub is being sold, and furthermore gives the nominating group the statutory right to secure a 6 month moratorium during which they can make a bid. Read more about ACVs on the Protect Pubs website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n With or without an ACV, any conversion of a pub, development or demolition has to go through the planning system \u2013 so you can object to the planning application. (An ACV can give a pub additional protection in the planning system as it is recognised as a \u201cmaterial consideration\u201d.)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”30px||3px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.7″ max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” custom_width_percent=”90%” locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″ header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Mukta|300|||||||” header_2_font_size=”54px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” custom_margin=”||10px” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” header_2_font_size_tablet=”36px” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#2a2a2a” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”3.19.11″ max_width=”50px” height=”2px” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” locked=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ text_line_height=”2em” ul_line_height=”2em” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%”]<\/p>\n Far too many of our valued and historic pubs have been lost due to distant corporate interests, serving only the interests of shareholders, creditors and executives bonuses, which have over-ridden those of the small business owners actually operating each pub and the local communities that rely on them.<\/p>\n Far too many pubs still remain in the hands of large pub companies and giant breweries and other detached largely commercial property owners who simply see pubs as a source of rent without caring about the community role.We need many more pubs in local ownership, in the hands of those who actually run or local breweries, ethical independent pub companies, passionate pro-pub entrepreneurs and communities. We need pubs to be owned by those with a genuine sense of responsible stewardship, who place real value on the inherent importance of each pub to its community.<\/p>\n![\"Help](\"https:\/\/campaignforpubs.org.uk\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/np_help_1682050_F16022.png\")
How You Can Help Save Pubs Nationally<\/h2>\n\n
How You Can Help Save Pubs Locally<\/h2>\n![\"Help](\"https:\/\/campaignforpubs.org.uk\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/np_local-seo_2373648_F16022.png\")
More Pubs In Local Hands<\/h2>\n
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Support Your Local Pubs!<\/h2>\n