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The White Lion, Crays Pond, Reading
Reading
RG8 7SH
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Quinno _ left this review about The White Lion
From the local CAMRA mag - "Regular readers of SoxonAle will recall the long-running dispute over the White Lion, Cray’s Pond. Briefly, Greene King sold the pub in 2013 to a businessman from Huddersfield who decided to turn it into a family home and set about ripping out the kitchen, two bars and ladies’ toilets. However, in his haste he neglected to obtain planning permission. A long and resolute campaign of opposition by the local people resulted in SODC turning down the planning application and giving the owner one year to stop using it as a house. The latest development is that, at the time of writing, the pub lease is being advertised for £35k per annum for a term of 15-20 years. Early days – but if it all works out well the village could soon get its pub back."
On 2nd August 2016
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hondo . left this review about The White Lion
More than 400 people have signed a petition against plans to turn a disused village pub into a house.
A businessman bought the White Lion in Crays Pond from Greene King in October and is seeking planning permission to live there with his family.
On 3rd March 2014
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