Chesham Arms Explained

Chesham Arms
Address:	15 Mehetabel Rd, Hackney
Location City:	London
Location Country:	England
Coordinates:	51.5476°N -0.0501°W

The Chesham Arms is a historic pub on Mehetabel Road, Homerton and in October 2014 became the London borough of Hackney's first Asset of Community Value.^[1]

There was a lengthy battle to save the pub after it closed on 4 October 2012^[2] and was sold to Mukund Patel who wanted to turn the building into flats. However Hackney Council gave the building the protected status of an Asset of Community Value which Patel unsuccessfully challenged in a tribunal hearing.^[3]

Following a two-year legal battle by the Save The Chesham group, a lease to refurbish the pub was secured and it reopened in June 2015.^[4] Six months after reopening, 1600 members of the Campaign for Real Ale voted it the best pub in the City and East London Area.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Asset of Community Value saved from illegal development – The Chesham Arms Public Inquiry. 2021-01-19. An Asset of Community Value saved from illegal development – The Chesham Arms Public Inquiry. en.
2. Web site: Row brews over Chesham Arms development . Hackney Citizen . 27 January 2021 . 10 December 2012.
3. Web site: Chesham Arms: council confronts owner Mukund Patel over 'unauthorised use' . Hackney Citizen . 27 January 2021 . 30 October 2013.
4. Web site: Hackney pub The Chesham Arms to reopen after legal battle . BBC News . 27 January 2021 . 16 May 2015.
5. Web site: 'Tremendous success' as Chesham Arms wins Pub of the Year . Hackney Citizen . 26 January 2016.