Hundreds oppose plans tobuild beer garden homes

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Mar 2013, 10:43 BST
26/3/13- The Beer Garden of the Globe, Rye.26/3/13- The Beer Garden of the Globe, Rye.
26/3/13- The Beer Garden of the Globe, Rye.
THERE has been a public outcry over plans to build two three-bedroomed houses in the garden of the Globe pub in Military Road, Rye.

More than 300 people have signed a petition against the plans and the application was rejected by Rye Town Council’s planning committee when it met on Monday evening.

The beer garden is below a steep cliff which has been subject to landslides in the past and Military Road residents fear it will increase the likelihood of more landslides.

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There was a landslide in the Globe Garden in 2000 and a far more serious landslide in the late 1990’s which left a home uninhabitable.

Military Road resident Helen Ross said: “I have grave concerns about the building of houses on this site.

“They will be built under a cliff with trees which is very fragile and subject to landslides when there has been a lot of rain.

“Apart from that, the loss of the Globe Inn garden would compromise this historic public house which has a long social history associated with its garden and whose open space adds special character to the area.”