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An empty and boarded-up former pub will be converted into shops and flats under new plans.

The former Nag’s Head in Great Bridge, Tipton, closed in 2009 and will be transformed into new shops, flats and a house of multiple occupation (HMO) according to a planning application by Davinder Bhurji approved by Sandwell Council.

The plans include converting the former pub’s ground floor into two new retail units with the rest of the building turned into two flats and a five-bed HMO.

The dilapidated pub, which has been left to rot since closing 16 years ago, has been the subject of several moves to bring the building back to life as well as other plans to demolish the former watering hole completely.

The application was granted by the council’s planning committee at a meeting on

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