Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox The former Droylsden pub where killer Dale Cregan assassinated Mark Short could soon be put up for sale by the town hall – but it will never be able to reopen as a public house.
The Cotton Tree pub on Market Street has been in the ownership of Tameside council since 2013 following issues around what a council report describes as ‘anti-social behaviour’.
Members of the cabinet have this week agreed to declare it ‘surplus to requirements’ and look at marketing it to be redeveloped.
Officers say they hope the sale of the former pub will raise £202,000. Cabinet member for finance, Councillor Oliver Ryan said: “Any disposal of the former Cotton
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