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Plans for underground 'Hobbit house' approved. Image source, SMDC. Image caption, Artist's impression of how the former reservoir in Biddulph will look when turned into a home. 11 April 2024.

And as plans move forward for new access roads, retention ponds and buildings, what to do with the house — which is on the National Register of Historic Places — has yet to be determined.

Plans submitted to the borough call for construction of a 6,915-square-foot convenience store, ... Historic Hoke House site to be underground fuel storage tanks for Rutter's, plan shows.