THE GREAT BROMLEY CROSS PUB CBS LIMITED

A hardcore of about 20 people, with support from a much wider group and the Plunkett Foundation setup and registered a company, The Great Bromley Cross Pub Community Benefit Society Ltd. A Community Benefit Society is a type of not-for-profit business, which must exist for the benefit of the community and is owned by the community. We paid for a commercial valuation of the pub and based on this made an offer for the pub and garden, as a public house. We made it clear we would not be developing the garden. Our offer was not accepted, and we were told that the owners were holding out for the full asking price, £395,000, since they saw the pub as a residential development opportunity. The Cross is not worth anywhere near this sort of a money as a pub, and Save The Bromley Cross is not interested in buying a development opportunity. Sadly at the start of November 2015 the Post Office, which was situated in a room at the back of the pub, was closed - another terrible loss for our village.....

Registration numbers: RS007216 (CH)

Primary location: Great Bromley United Kingdom