A pub famous for selling books has announced that it has bought the courtyard in front of it after fighting off developers.

Beerwolf Books based in Bells Court, Falmouth recently successfully fought off a developer who wanted to build flats in front of its building.

Now to ensure no one else can apply to build on the site, today the owners of the former working men’s club announced that they had bought the gardens.

“For anyone who's noticed some dramatic clearing of the land in front of the pub we have some happy news... The garden now belongs to Beerwolf!,” they said in a Facebook post.

“Thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign against excessive development over the years. We're so looking forward to making plans, planting trees, getting out in the garden in the sunshine.”

In May last year, Cornwall Council's planning committee rejected an application from FP Kitchener Ltd to build flats in Bells Court, Falmouth over concerns about the size of the buildings and their impact on historic structures.

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The rejection followed a hard fought campaign by the owners of the pub to get it turned down.

Owner Alice Sommerlad told the committee that the new proposed building would be “totally out of keeping with the style of the courtyard buildings” in terms of size, scale and materials which would be used. She was also concerned that the new buildings would block the courtyard and “destroy this small oasis”.

The purchase of the courtyard gardens hopefully means an application won’t happen again.

Beerwolf Books have been approached to find out more about their plans for the site.