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Mar 2024
Bid to convert High Harrogate Working Men's Club to flats
Plans have been submitted to convert High Harrogate Working Men's Club into two flats.
The club, which forms part of a three-storey building on Devonshire Place, has operated since 1901, according to planning documents sent to North Yorkshire Council.
The documents add the club, which last posted on Facebook on May last year, is currently closed.
It was granted permission in 2022 to convert the first and second floors into six flats while retaining and refurbishing the ground floor bar.
But a planning and heritage statement in support of the new application says "the continued public house / working men's club facility within the building is now no longer considered to be viable".
A planning document showing where the club is.
The statement highlighted a marketing exercise by Nationwide Building Sales. It said:
The statement also refers to a viability and marketing report prepared by commercial property consultants Everard Cole in September last year, which said "poor trading performance and the provision of alternative facilities nearby" deterred buyers. It added:
The planning documents do not give the name of the applicant but identify the agent as Nicholas Gallagher, of Leeds agents Nicholas and Nicholas Ltd.
The club, which is a registered society under the Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, opened in a local public house before moving into 5 Devonshire Place.
You can view the planning documents on the council's website here. Type in reference number ZC24/00704/FUL
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