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Jan 2023
Plan to convert former Markington pub into house approved
A plan to convert a former Markington pub into a house has been approved.
The Cross Keys Inn, on High Street, closed in 2016 after declining turnover and profitability.
Now, Harrogate Borough Council has approved plans to convert the former public house into a home.
ID Planning, which lodged the plan on behalf of Leeds-based Lotherton Property Services, said in documents submitted to the council the building had been extensively marketed for sale as a pub.
But it added potential buyers had shown little interest in reopening it for that purpose.
The documents said:
The proposal would see the former pub converted into a four-bedroom house along with three car parking spaces.
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