Prince Edward saved after Hackney Council rejects application to bulldoze pub

Pub-goers at a rally outside The Prince Edward after an application was made to demolish it. Photograph: Josh Loeb

Fans of an historic Homerton pub threatened with demolition after its owner filed an application to demolish it and replace it with flats are celebrating after Hackney Council refused planning permission for the scheme.

Council officers have flung out Sandeep Johal’s application to flatten The Prince Edward in Wick Road and replace it with a five-storey apartment block containing nine private flats.

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