The Gamekeeper pub has been classed as a community asset and Old Buckenham Parish Council has been formally told that the owners (Enterprise Inns) are planning to sell the property. The Parish Council has written to Breckland Council stating that they wish to look at purchasing under the community asset scheme. This had to be completed quickly as the initial moratorium ended on Sunday 4 August. Other residents have expressed an interest in purchasing as well as the Parish Council. To further complicate the issue, Enterprise Inns have recently been bought out and the intentions of the new owners are unknown.
To many the overriding outcome needs to be that this community asset is saved, whether that be by purchase by an individual or a community group. It is important that the various interested parties do not unknowingly start competing with other potential purchasers and that any future Gamekeeper business model has no significant detrimental affect on other businesses in Old Buckenham.
So that villagers can discuss the options and decide on a strategy, parish councillor Steve Milner has booked the village hall's Memorial Room for Tuesday 30 July at 7.30pm.
It has proved impossible to find a date to suit all those who may be interested so if at present you cannot make this date, please try to rearrange other meetings or write down your thoughts and send them to Steve (stevemilner1@googlemail.com) and he will ensure they are read out.
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