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Dec 2023
Plans to convert 'unviable' pub near Pateley Bridge refused
Plans to convert an "unviable" 110-year-old former pub near Pateley Bridge into a holiday home have been refused.
The Birch Tree, at Lupton Bank in Glasshouses, closed in March 2020.
Planning permission was granted to convert the majority of the pub into three holiday flats while retaining a small public bar.
A subsequent application to convert the remaining pub into a two-bedroom cottage has now been refused.
Planning documents by Dacre Banks-based firm Yarntex Two said the building had attracted “no local interest or expressions of interest from further afield".
They added:
But North Yorkshire Council rejected the proposal this week.
The council said it was "not satisfied that the pub has been marketed at a suitable value". Pateley Bridge Town Council had raised the same concern during the consultation period.
North Yorkshire Council's decision report added:
It also said the interior of the pub had been stripped, which would "put off potential buyers" and no attempt had been made to market the pub for alternative community uses.
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