The Decision of the Planning Inspector on Justin Claybourne’s Appeal has now been uploaded to this website for your information.
Please navigate to ‘Information’ and then ‘Key Documents’, scroll down past the Membership Application Forms to the end and then click on the link. The document will open in a new window.
The Management Team are happy to receive your views and opinions on the ruling and will respond to every submission.
A petition has been launched calling on Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee to refuse permission for the demolition of the historic Henry Jenkins building. Volunteers have begun collecting signatures and Tim at Highside Butchers has agreed to display the petition at his shop. Anyone signing the petition is also being encouraged to make a separate…
We have received complaints about the graffiti on the back windows of the Henry Jenkins. We are contacting the owner – David Fielder – regarding the graffiti and asking him to have it covered over or removed. You can also contact him directly to ask for him to have it removed. Fielder…
Two Pubs in the UK, the Holywell Inn, Calderdale, and the Rising Sun Pub, Woodcroft, have been purchased by their local Council for sale back to the community. This has occurred because the owners were delaying efforts to put the Pub back into community use. Powers under section 226 of the Town and Country Planning…
Mr Fielder rejected our offer to purchase the Pub which we sent July 3. He was quite open in telling us he wants to sell at a price that recoups ALL of the costs he has incurred over the last 8 years, including the costs of his failed appeals! This is the second time an…
We wrote to David Fielder requesting a meeting to negotiate the purchase of the pub. Unfortunately, he replied with preconditions, insisting that any such meeting include a justification by us of our future plans, followed by an offer of £250k (or close to) for half of the pub! Of course, these preconditions were totally unacceptable…
The appeal against refusal of Planning Permission on the Eastern Annexe was held ‘virtually’ on Microsoft Teams this Tues & Wed 10th & 11th November. An Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate in Bristol presided over those present: David Fielder & Justin Claybourne (who spoke only to confirm his presence) & their agent Jennifer Hubbard; HBC…
