Plans have been lodged to convert a neglected outbuilding at a Minskip pub into a microbrewery.
The owners of The Wild Swan on Main Street in the village, near Boroughbridge, have lodged the proposal to Harrogate Borough Council.
It would see a building on the site converted into a microbrewery and function room, which would include a food preparation area and toilet.
Documents submitted to the council say the conversion of the outbuilding would help to provide “much needed flexibility” for the pub.
It added that the proposal would lead to “significant investment” in the building. which is deteriorating and has been “seriously neglected”.
The document said:
“The outbuilding has been seriously neglected and is in need of significant investment to rescue it from further, irreversible, deterioration.
“The building will convert efficiently to provide the proposed accommodation requiring only limited alterations, thus removing any risk of changing the character and appearance of the area.”
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The move to refurbish the building comes after three friends from Harrogate and York clubbed together to buy The Wild Swan in Minskip last summer.
After running the pub for a few months they closed it in January for a refurbishment and reopened to customers the following month.
The outbuilding at The Wild Swan at Minskip.
Owners Stephen Lennox, Alex Bond and Alastair Benham unveiled a new and improved pub and told the Stray Ferret earlier this year that a microbrewery was on the cards as part of the refurbishment.
Harrogate Borough Council will make a decision on the proposal at a later date.