Home   Advice   News   Links   Community Pubs Foundation - Advice Saving your local pub A guide for local communities. Public house viability CAMRA sees the protection of public houses as one of its highest priorities. We believe that many of the pubs which have called last orders for the final time in recent years would, in the right hands, have continued to serve their local communities as well as provide a decent living for those running them. Too many closures have resulted in communities finding themselves bereft of previously valuable, indeed vital, facilities. Guide to saving your local public house A high profile active campaign is often the key to saving a local public house. The more people who you can get to back your campaign, the greater your chance of success. This advice sheet provides a number of ideas which your campaign may wish to use. Download this file for ideas for to use in your campaign. Dealing with planning applications Planning permission is needed to convert a public house into residential use. Anyone is entitled to object to an application and the more objections that are received the stronger the case is likely to be against change of use. If you would like to order an action pack please phone (01727) 867201 or email communitypubs@camra.org.uk             Community Pubs Foundation 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts, AL1 4LW Tel: 01727 867201     Fax: 01727 867670 Email: communitypubs@camra.org.uk A non profit making Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales: 5463393