AN old pub in Trowbridge will be converted into a shop with a flat above it and five houses after Wiltshire Council gave the application the go-ahead.

Westcoast Developments put in the application in July to convert the John Bull pub, in Westfield Road, and that was approved by the authority this week.

The pub, which has been empty for years, received no objections from Wiltshire Council or Trowbridge Town Council when it was reviewed.