Three Hares Inn, Main Street, Bilbrough, YO23 3PH

change of use from sui generis to residential including internal and external alterations and creation of new parking area

Authority: North Yorkshire Council
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: YO23 3PH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there is sufficient justification for the proposed change of use and the loss of a community asset with regard to viability and marketing

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate with sufficient certainty that the public house business was inherently unviable or that the property had been marketed on reasonable terms, thereby failing to justify the loss of a community asset contrary to Policy S3 and Policy SP14.

Plan policies cited: Policy S3 of the Selby District Local Plan 2005, Policy SP14 of the Selby District Core Strategy Local Plan 2013

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