Windmill Hotel is ’safe’

The owner of the Windmill Hotel pub in Parbold has moved to quash rumours it will be turned into flats.

David Halliwell said: “I just rent the premises to the tenant. I’ve no plans to pull it down or anything like that. The plan is obviously to revamp the pub, either I’ll do it or the tenant will.”

When asked why the rumours had circulated he said: “It’s probably because I’m a property developer but I’m also a property investor and this is one I’ve invested in.”