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Jul
Grantley Hall owner submits events plan for Copt Hewick Hall
Grantley Hall owner Valeria Sykes has submitted plans to convert part of Copt Hewick Hall into an events venue.
Ms Sykes has applied to North Yorkshire Council for planning and listed building consent to utilise part of the grounds of the hall near Ripon, which she owns.
The stable block, garage, glasshouse, outdoor kitchen, garden stores and garden room are included in the change of use bid.
Ms Sykes also wants to put up a temporary marquee measuring 14 metres x 20 metres in the walled garden and create extra car parking.
According to a planning and heritage statement in support of the application, the venue would operate a maximum of 75 to 79 events per year.
Car club / launch events are envisaged to take up 69 of these, with two weekly events during summer and one event a week in winter.
There would also be about six to nine weddings a year “and occasional other events of a similar or lesser scale”, according to the statement.
Copt Hewick Hall is a private 18th century grade two country house situated in 86 acres of land northeast of Copt Hewick.
The statement says all events would be confined to the northern part of the site, and the remainder of the estate would be unaffected.
Vehicles would continue to gain access off Dishforth Road.
The statement concludes:
The proposals seek to utilise existing outbuildings and areas within the estate, with minimal physical intervention and development contained within an established part of the site. The use is compatible with the character and function of the estate and represents an appropriate form of development within this context. Supporting technical information demonstrates that the proposals would not result in unacceptable impacts on residential amenity, the operation of the highway network, heritage assets or ecological interests.
Ms Sykes opened luxury hotel Grantley Hall in 2019 after a £70 million restoration project lasting four years.
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