Plans to turn a former Farnworth pub into flats have been given the go ahead two and a half years after its landlord died of a heart attack following a fight outside the building with a barred customer.
Bradford Arms in Buckley Lane is set to be converted into nine apartments with planning permission granted around a year after work started on site.
The pub closed in November 2017, weeks after its landlord Colin Moore collapsed and died of a heart attack as a result of an altercation outside the premises with a regular customer who had been barred for “mooning”.
Craig Birtwistle was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison back in April 2018. The new dwellings at the former pub building which have been granted
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