The Ship York. Photograph by Stephen Harris |
According to the original planning application back in 2010 the existing three-storey (plus basement) building will be replaced by a five-storey (plus basement) mixed-use development comprising of a public house at basement and ground floor level, and 8 x two-bedroom residential units above. The application didn't go through in 2010 but the new application is presumably doing something to resolve objections in the original planning application - though I have no idea what.
The condition that the new development should have space for a public house at ground floor and basement area is presumably supposed to tackle the fact that the area is becoming short of pubs but doesn't address the matter of how many buildings of the 1930s/40s era remain on Rotherhithe. As The Clipper is almost certain to be demolished (it has been sold to developers) and most local people feel that it is only a matter of time before the Orange Bull (formerly The Fitchetts, before it later became The Aardvark) goes the same way, the only two pubs to surivive from the period will be The Ship, over the other side of Rotherhithe, and the former Three Compasses, which is now a pizza restaurant. Southwark Council has gone apartment mad.
The building is an attractive one, and is a really nice corner of 1930s Rotherhithe in an area that has suffered a lot of really third rate modern development. It is a shame that its owners and Southwark Council are so ready to see it eliminated from the architectural diversity of the area.
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Many will be sad to see The Ship York go, however it hasn't thrived by being a nice piece of architecture as the present landlords have invested the best part of 40 years to make it what it is today.
A posting on Facebook suggests that the planning permission expires after three years so the application had been re-submitted. But also that "they wanted £40,000 to renew it so [the owner] has now dropped the idea - really really hope this is an end to it he is so fed up with customers coming in and saying how sorry they are he is closing - cause he ain't".
The Ship York closed late November 2014, sold with planning permission to a developer, permission to demolish and erect Apartments, the Orange Bull bar, formerly Fitchetts,has is also the subject of a planning application for demolition and Apartments
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