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Feb 2021
Plans to convert Half Moon pub in Sharow into a home
Plans have been submitted to convert the Half Moon pub in Sharow, near Ripon, into a four-bedroom home.
The village pub and restaurant, on Sharow Lane, opened in 1822 and closed four years ago.
Owner Mark Fitton was, until recently, advertising for a tenant to take on the pub.
He has now submitted plans to Harrogate Borough Council to convert the premises.
A planning statement attached to the application claims three separate couples have run the pub in recent years but all suffered insolvency due to "a lack of custom".
It reads:
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Sharow Parish Council leads fight to save village pub
Campaign to reopen Henry Jenkins Inn suffers hammer blow
Speaking to the Stray Ferret, Sharow Parish Council clerk Nick Reed said the planning application was unpopular with villagers, and the parish council would submit a formal objection letter in the coming days.
The parish council previously said it was hoping to register the building as an asset of community value in the hope that it could re-open as a pub.
However, Mr Reed said Harrogate Borough Council has asked for more evidence if its bid is to be successful.
He said:
Villagers in Sharow were encouraged last year when residents in Kirkby Malzeard raised more than £200,000 in a bid to prevent residential redevelopment of a site occupied by The Henry Jenkins Inn.
However, the campaign was dealt a hammer blow last month when The Planning Inspectorate, a government agency that deals with planning appeals, overturned Harrogate Borough Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for conversion of the eastern part of the site into a single dwelling.
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