A popular ‘estate pub’ that has served its community for around 60 years is under threat of closure after plans emerged to convert it into a children’s nursery.
The Cotton Tree Hotel, which has been serving punters in the School Hill area of Bolton since the mid-1960s, is the subject of a planning application lodged last week from The Nest Therapy Ltd to convert the pub building into a children’s nursery with a perimeter fence.
The building, just north of Bolton town centre, is still running, but has been marketed in recent months by its owners on property websites for around £295,000.
The Prince Street boozer has an attached function room which has hosted countless wedding receptions, funeral wakes and other celebrations over the decades.
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