CROSBY & LITHERLAND
9 January 2019
Vol 26 l Issue 2
INSIDE THIS WEEK: Warehouse raided after police traced stolen car by tracking device POLICE tracked a stolen car from Southport to at an industrial estate in Hartleys Village in Aintree to a premises where they discovered other vehicles and vehicle parts suspected of being stolen. Police found the warehouse on Sugar Street, which could be a ‘chop shop’, shortly before 7pm on Wednesday, January 2. Officers had received a report on New Year's Day that a Mercedes car had been stolen from a driveway on Waterloo Road, Southport overnight. The car had been fitted with a tracker and so could be traced. Crime scene investigators have been at the scene and gathering forensic evidence. Detective Inspector Phil Mahon said: “Thanks to the installation of a tracking device by the owner, we were able to trace the Mercedes to this compound and further investigations have revealed a number of cars and car parts which we believe to be stolen. “We continue our efforts to tackle car theft and regularly assess hotspot areas across the force, directing our resources accordingly. “We work with partner agencies, to tackle this type of crime which includes the improvement of street lighting, as well as regularly carrying out roads policing operations, when we stop cars and check ownership details as well as licence and insurance information. “Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is also employed to help officers to detect, deter and disrupt this type of criminality. “Our community teams are also continually working to ensure that safety messages are being reinforced with residents about ensuring their vehicles are safe such as parking in a well-lit area and keeping car keys out of sight.”
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HISTORIC PUB TO BE TURNED INTO FLATS Owners say venue is ‘no longer viable’ and development will help area’s regeneration Report by Danielle Thompson A HISTORIC pub in Crosby, which closed several months ago, is set to be turned into flats. Proposals have been put to Sefton Council to turn the former Crosby Hotel on Liverpool Road into 11 self-contained flats. The pub, which dated back to the mid-19th century, closed in July 2018. The building currently contains two residential units, a one-bed and a three-bed flat, The planning application submitted by the EI Group PLC, based in Solihull, West Midlands, states that the new development would including extensions to the rear, installation of a dormer and roof lights. and comprise of five new one-bed flats and six new two-bed flats. The site, will also have a new car park created, raising the number of parking spaces available from four to 11. The planning application states why the pub’s owners Enterprise Inns believe the venue does not have a viable future as a pub/restaurant. It states that the agents Fleurets started marketing the Crosby Hotel in March 2018, but noted that the pub had “minimal trade and was teetering on closure.”
The Crosby pub was no longer viable, according to its owners.
It added that the business closed shortly after the World Cup Final and the landlord/tenant confirmed to them that the “daytime and weekday trade had disappeared due to the lack of regular drinkers and virtually no young drinkers.” It states Fleurets received 373 enquiries, with four parties shown around and received two offers, both from parties wanting to change the use into residential accommodation.
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The report adds that Enterprise Inns advised that beer volumes had declined by 33% during the last five years and this decline “was not abated by the low price community offering of the last two years.” Enterprise Inns say that they had invested £175,000 on the property during five years, which has proved to be fruitless. and that “given the local Continued inside
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