Almost a year since their original application in April 2015, JD Wetherspoon have been given approval to develop a new public house and restaurant in the centre of Liskeard, to be known as The King Doniert – after the 9th-century king of Cornwall commemorated by a monument near St Cleer. The company has gained Listed Building Consent with conditions to demolish the former Taylors Motors fuel station on the corner of Barras Street, which has been closed for a number of years. The main conditions attached to the development centre on the possible contamination of the site caused by its previous use. Remediation works to make the area safe are to be carried out and approved before the building begins. If, during construction, unexpected contamination is discovered, work must stop immediately until it is properly removed. The planning process has been prolonged because the site is within the Liskeard Development Limit in the town centre, the Conservation Area, the Historic Settlement, and adjoins the Grade II listed Stuart House. Before work can start, steps must be taken to protect from any damage the large magnolia at the rear of the house, which is subject to a Tree Preservation Order. The approved plan is for a two-and-a-half storey building with a bar and associated seating on the ground floor, with toilets, kitchen and office, cellar and store on the first floor. A beer garden is proposed to the north of the building, adjacent to the Stuart House garden. Spokesperson for JD Wetherspoon Eddie Gershwin said: ‘We are unable to give a commencement date at the present time.