Ashfield District Council has issued the owners of a derelict pub in Hucknall with a final warning to clear up the site or face prosecution.

The owners of the former Roman's Pub on Annesley Road in Hucknall have been given until Monday14 February, Valentine's Day, to clean up the site.

The notice asks them to remove the rubbish from the site and tidy it up in general. If they don't comply with the enforcement notice the next step is prosecution.

Hucknall Councillor and Ashfield District Council Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services, John Wilmott, has been pushing for the notice for some time and said he was sick and tired of the lack of action to clean up the derelict site.

The pub, previously called The Lord Byron, rang last orders for the final time in 2007. It was deemed unsafe in 2017 and is now partly demolished. It has since received Planning Permission for total demolition to be replaced with a new three-storey block containing nine apartments to be built on the site.

Councillor Wilmott said: "I appreciate that Nottinghamshire County Council are dragging their feet over an issue with bollards and railings at the front of the site. I am pushing to resolve this but the owners of the site need to get their act together and keep on top of the state of the area. It's atrocious and we've warned them and warned them again.

"It is a blot on Hucknall and we've had no choice but to serve the owners with the Valentine's Day ultimatum. Nearby residents are sick and tired of this site as am I.

"I hope that the owners now take stock of this enforcement notice and do a comprehensive clean up of the worst grot spot in Hucknall."