Crooked House: Wonky pub's bricks and foundations to stay

The foundations and bricks from the Crooked House pub volition enactment connected site, councillors say, arsenic enactment to region hazardous discarded is carried out.

South Staffordshire Council said the statement with the tract owners and contractors was "a affirmative step" weeks aft the occurrence connected 5 August.

However, the assembly said each parties were discussing the scope of work.

The pub, known for its sloping walls and level owed to mining subsidence successful the area, was bought from Marston's by ATE Farms Limited successful July.

A fig of assembly officers visited the pub tract connected Monday to spot what works were being carried retired aft residents raised concerns astir the beingness of contractors.

Following discussions with the contractors it was agreed that their enactment would cease truthful a broad docket of works could beryllium submitted and reviewed by the applicable authorities, a assembly spokesperson said connected Tuesday.

The assembly said work for the wellness and information of the works laic with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), but it had been engaging with the tract owners and contractors to recognize the scope of works projected connected site.

"We are precise pleased that we present person statement that the bricks volition stay connected site, and that the foundations and slabs volition stay to assistance our aboriginal investigation," it said.

"This is simply a affirmative measurement and the assembly continues to prosecute with the tract owners, contractor, HSE, constabulary and different partners to guarantee the tract is made harmless from hazardous substances.

"However, this means that determination volition beryllium enactment connected tract implicit coming days to region hazardous discarded and to marque the tract safe, and this volition beryllium intimately monitored."

The council's probe was continuing and would beryllium a "long process", it said.

"We are alert of the spot of feeling of the section assemblage and volition proceed to usage each the resources disposable to us, including adept ineligible proposal to determination the substance forward," it added.

Campaigner Paul Turner, whose online petition Save The Crooked House has attracted much than 21,000 signatures, said helium had met with a contractor astatine the tract and a typical of a 2nd steadfast overseeing enactment taking spot and trusted that it would beryllium the lone enactment carried out.

"Basically, they volition beryllium utilizing a grabber to prime up bricks with arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic imaginable to debar damage," helium said.

"These volition beryllium laid speech for the specializer asbestos workers to cleanable by manus and stack connected pallets. There whitethorn beryllium bricks which are excessively severely damaged to beryllium of immoderate usage and these volition beryllium enactment aside."