The latest planning application to be submitted regarding The Duke of Wellington - seeks to change the upper parts into an 11 room hotel. The aim would be that the ground floor pub becomes the reception, cafe and bar for the hotel. The pub use is meant to be protected and any scheme which undermines this must be refused. In addition the plan would remove the affordable accommodation above the pub and the tenants living area. The borough does not need hotel rooms (it has over a 30 year supply). No thought has been given for refuse or servicing of a hotel on the site and the trip generation from transient guests has not been considered which will add to traffic and parking issues.  REFUSE THIS PLANNING APPLICATION