The Spread Eagle pub on High Street is now being marketed by Yates Estate Agents in Corby as a commercial property, with a restrictive covenant applying to both the pub and car park which will restrict their use to a Public House and the ancillary car park for the use of the pub only. View advertisement.
In mid July, the property was been marketed as a three bed detached house in the residential section of Yates’ website (and on www.rightmove.co.uk). These adverts were removed around 25 July.
A planning application to convert the property into a house was refused by Corby Borough Council on 19 May 2017.
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We were led to believe that the car park is actually owned by Corby Borough Council, and is “permanent loan” to the pub while the building trades as a public house.
Is this actually an attempt by the vendor to demonstrate that they have tried to market the property as a public house, with a view to eventually approaching the council with a revised plan to convert to a dwelling? If this was a serious offer, why would it not be marketed via a specialist Public House / Commercial Sales agency, where interested parties would be looking, rather than an agency primarily a local residential sales office.?