Please help us to save our Pub.

The Fox and Hounds Pub in Great Wolford, Warwickshire, is at risk of being closed forever.

The Save the Fox & Hounds Campaign is working to keep this much-loved Cotswolds gem in its place at the heart of the community. Once a successful destination pub with fabulous food and a B and B, it can again be a thriving business.

The Fox and Hounds is in a beautiful North Cotswold village in a conservation area (AONB) . This wonderful pub dates back to the 17th century and was an award-winning example of a rural business at its best. The Fox & Hounds was a magnet for locals as well as a destination pub for those from miles away. This historic inn, with its old beams and fireplace, was the beating heart of the surrounding village communities.

PLEASE SEE UPDATE BELOW

Planning Application news: Updated 27th April 2024

Dear Supporters

Here's a summary of what has been happening. There is now an Appeal and an Application from the owners of the pub:

1. FOX & HOUNDS OWNERS’ APPEAL AGAINST REFUSAL OF APPLICATION (22/03071/FUL)
The owners of the Fox and Hounds recently appealed against Stratford Planners’ refusal (in June last year) of their 2022 application which was for change of use to 2 dwellings.
 
If you sent in an objection to that application last year, you will have received a personal letter /email informing you about the appeal. Previous objections can be modified or added to. Please click this link to find out more.   
 
The Parish Council and the Campaign are talking legal advice to fight this Appeal.  
 
If you want to know more about the appeal which is based on conservation issues, here is a link to the appeal documents on the SDC E-planning website. Stratford-on-Avon District Council: Eplanning (click “Associated Documents” on menu tab and then “Appeals”.
 
2. SDC's INVALIDATION OF PLANNING APPLICATION (23/01922/FUL)
As we reported recently, the owners’ 2023 application (for change of use to a single dwelling) was invalidated the day before the SDC Committee Meeting in March. It has now been revalidated by SDC. Again, we will be fighting this Application and there will be an opportunity to update previous objections. More information on that soon.

Best wishes
The Save the Fox and Hounds Campaign Team

PS:  Please save the date for our next Pop-up Pub — Saturday 4th May, 6.30pm on the Village Green. We will be serving fish and chips (£11 per order). To order, please email campaign@savethefoxandhounds.org.uk

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The Save the Fox and Hounds Campaign Team
Email: campaign@savethefoxandhounds.org.uk Website: www.savethefoxandhounds.org.uk

THE STRATFORD HERALD HAS PUBLISHED ARTICLES ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN: See below.

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BACKGROUND TO THE CAMPAIGN, PLEASE GO TO THE STORY SO FAR ON THIS WEBSITE.

4 Ways You Can Help

  1. Please spread the word that the Fox and Hounds Pub is under threat of permanent closure by sharing this website address www.savethefoxandhounds.org.uk and by posting on Facebook and other social media.

  2. If you do not already receive our newsletters about the campaign and pop-up pubs, please sign up here now and encourage others to do so by distributing the Support Us page link.

  3. Support our Pop-up Pubs. Details on Our Pop-Up Pubs.

  4. Encourage potential pub buyers you may know to come forward to buy it and make it thrive again.

    Our email address is:
    campaign@savethefoxandhounds.org.uk