Student accommodation plans for Cambrdige pub set to get green light

Plans to bulldoze a closed Cambridge pub and build student accommodation have been recommended for approval.

Lucy Cavendish College wants to replace The Ranch in Histon Road with two blocks containing 59 en-suite rooms, four one-bedroom flats and four two-bedroom flats.

New rules have been brought in to protect the city’s pubs from redevelopment, but planning officer Toby Williams said the continued viability of The Ranch was “questionable” …

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