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Dec 2022
Last Updated: 12/12/2022
Plans resubmitted for Starbeck micropub
Kevin Jones (left) and 67b High Street, where the micropub is proposed.
Plans to open a micropub in Starbeck are back on the table.
IT consultant Kevin Jones has resubmitted the proposal for the High Street after previous plans fell through.
Mr Jones abandoned a prior attempt to get permission to open a pub at 67d High Street after the landlord offered the space to a different tenant.
At the time, he criticised Harrogate Borough Council for taking six months to consider the plan.
However, Mr Jones has now resubmitted the plan for next door at 67b High Street — which he intends to rename The Office Ale House.
He told the Stray Ferret:
“I wanted to open a place where people who are wandering home after work can call in.
“It will be dog friendly as well. It is about getting pubs back to what they used to be years ago.”
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Mr Jones, who lived in Starbeck but has moved to Knaresborough, said he hoped to open the pub in March, if planning is approved.
The pub would included seating for between 15 to 20 people.
It would serve local ales, lagers and have a rotating cask ale on sale. It would be open between 12pm and 8pm during the week.
Harrogate Borough Council will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
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