City centre pubs looks to expand

One of Bath's busiest pubs is hoping to expand so it can offermore covered space to drinkers. The Pig and Fiddle, at the junctionof Saracen Street and Broad Street, wants to extend the pub into anempty shop at 33 Broad Street and offer more inside space tocustomers.

The pub already has a large courtyard garden which is popularwith drinkers in the summer. But the scheme for the empty shop mayhit a stumbling block under Bath and North East Somerset Council'slocal plan, which seeks to retain shop premises in order to boostthe local economy, but Pig and Fiddle owners Butcombe Brewery ishoping its application will be successful as it says the twopremises can easily …