Overview
- Wiltshire Council confirmed a planning enforcement investigation into the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey over its large St George’s Cross mural.
- The landlord, Jerry Kunkler, says he was told to apply for Listed Building Consent within 14 days or paint over the frontage.
- He plans to seek retrospective consent using local architects and says he will not remove the cross while the process runs.
- The complaint that prompted the case was anonymous and alleged the pub looked like “the headquarters of the National Front.”
- Kunkler, a long‑serving councillor, first painted the cross in 2016 and repainted it in 2022 for major sporting events, describing it as patriotic rather than political.