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Mar 2021
Six-month planning wait ruins Starbeck micropub plan
Plans to open a new micropub called the Office Ale House in Starbeck have fallen through.
IT consultant Kevin Jones previously said he hoped to get the venue at 67d High Street up and running by May, subject to planning permission.
He applied for a change of use planning permission on September 22, but nearly six months later Harrogate Borough Council was still to consider the application.
Mr Jones said the landlord of the building has now decided to offer the building to a different tenant.
He said he was "seriously upset about it" and criticised the council's planning department:
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A council spokesperson blamed the covid pandemic for the delay:
A different building on Starbeck High Street will be turned into a pub called the Waiting Room, after Harrogate Borough Council’s licensing sub-committee granted it a licence to sell alcohol last month.
The premises was previously occupied by Greenalls and Your Factory Bed Shop.
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