TWO enforcement notices have been issued to the owners of a pub and a shop in Ross-on-Wye to get them to tidy up their frontage.

At the request of the Ross-on-Wye Town Council Planning Committee, Herefordshire Council has issued formal Section 215 Notices to the owner of the Riverside Inn and to the owner of 33, Gloucester Road (Domino's).

The notice to the pub owner orders him to tidy up the building in Wye Street and its perimeter within 30 days and takes effect from May 14, if no appeal is received.

Last month Ross resident Joyce Thomas asked what was being done about The Riverside Inn, which has been left empty for many years.

She said: "It really is in an appalling condition. It is in a dilapidated state, it has been vandalised."

The owner of 33, Gloucester Road has also been told to tidy up the frontage of the first floor of the building within 30 days, and the notice takes effect on May 23, if no appeal is made.

Another building in the town is also on the council's radar.

In January of this year, again at the request of the Ross Town Council, it was decided by Herefordshire Council officers to issue a Section 215 notice on the owner of the empty property next to Peacocks in Broad Street.

The town's planning committee has asked the deputy clerk to follow this up as no improvement appears to have been made to the exterior of the building.

The planning committee chairman Caroline Utting said the committee is very mindful of the detrimental effect poorly maintained buildings have on the look of the town and works with the local authority to try and get improvements made.