Sussex village pub plans garden changes

The Six Bells in Billingshurst High Street – part of a conservation area – is seeking consent from Horsham District Council to install some new flagstones in its front garden

The pub, a Grade II* listed building, installed two concrete slabs in the area during the pandemic as a base for two temporary marquees.

The marquees have now been removed and pub owners Hall & Woodhouse want to lay new flagstones in their place to match existing flagstones in the outdoor seating area.

The Six Bells was originally a farmhouse called Taintland and became a beer house in the 19th century before later becoming a public house.

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Agents for Hall & Woodhouse, in a statement to the council, say: “The proposed new external finishes are designed to improve the setting and outdoor usable space of the public house.”