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Following a very successful Residents Meeting on the 3rd June, (review below) a Public Meeting has been arranged for 17th June to answer questions and discuss the information from the speakers.

This meeting will take a slightly different format to the residents meeting.
The answers to questions posed at the residents meeting and subsequent feedback will be covered, representatives from CAMRA and another community pub will be available to answer any questions, and it will be another opportunity to ask any questions about the business plan.

It is being held at the Mechanics Institute in the main street of Kirkby Malzeard and starts at 7PM.

 

Past Residents Meeting Summary

We were thrilled by the turnout at the public meeting on Monday night.
Speakers came from across North Yorkshire to share their experiences of Community pubs.

The George and Dragon at Hudswell, which has been established for nearly a decade, shared their story of nationwide industry awards glory and successful local community projects, adding to their beautiful Swaledale location.

The Green Dragon at Exelby, recently opened as a community pub, shared their experiences of getting their project off the ground and making their first steps in the running of a community pub.

Locality, a charity that provides support to community run initiatives, outlines what they can do; in fact Sophie, the Locality rep, has been so inspired by our campaign, that she is now spearheading a team mounting their own campaign in her own village in North Leeds, to save their local pub.

Representatives from CAMRA highlighted why community pubs work in a market where many PubCo run establishments are failing, and were able to answer lots of questions from the audience.

The overwhelming sentiment from the meeting was that this project has every chance to be a huge success in a village like Kirkby Malzeard, all we need is your support.

An important residents meeting has been arranged by the “Henry Jenkins Community Pub” public benefit Society to explain the latest developments in the campaign to acquire and develop the Pub.

The meeting is this coming Monday – 3rd June at 7PM in the Mechanics Institute in the main street of Kirkby Malzeard.

The meeting is open to residents to present a number of guest speakers and then ask questions from the speakers.

The speakers are both from the Henry Jenkins Community Pub group and from other Community Pub committee and Community Pub support groups.

Please note. The meetings is for residents only (those who permanently reside in the Village and surrounding areas serviced by the Pub) to enable a Q and A directly relevant to the residents.
Also note – There is a follow up Public Meeting on 17th June in the Mechanics to discuss further the issue.

The Full list of speakers and times are:

1900	Chris Martin	Meeting Chairman	Welcome and H and S description. Introduction	HJ Slide	5	19:05
19:05	Dave Robinson	HJCP Ltd	Welcome and history. Speaker intro	6 Slide	10	19:15
19:15	John Walker and Peter Simpson	Green Dragon	Background and story to date	Slides?	12	19:27
19:27	Chris Martin	Chair	Intro to next speaker		1	19:28
19:28	Jamie Edgard	George and Dragon	Background and story to date	Slides?	12	19:40
19:40	Chris Martin	Chair	Intro to next speaker		1	19:41
19:41	Dave Robinson	HJCP Ltd	Description of Rebuild/Refurb plans	5 Slides	10	19541
19:41	Chris Martin	Chair	Intro to next speaker		1	19:52
19:52	Bryan Pool	HJCP Ltd	Business Plans and CSI.Intro to next speaker	Slides	15	20:07
20:07	Sophie Michelena	Locality	Description of Locality etc.	Slides?	10	20:17
20:17	Chris Martin	Chair	Chair	Intro to break	1	20:18
20:18	BREAK				17	20:35
20:35	Chris Martin	Chair	Intro to next speaker		1	20:36
20:36	Nick Lowe	CAMRA	Overall view village, Pubs, competition, sustainability.		10	20:46
20:46	Chris Martin	Chair	Intro to next speaker		1	20:47
20:47	Dave Robinson	HJCP Ltd	Special case – awkward developer. Intro to next speaker		3	20:50
20:50	John Walsh	Hollywell Inn	The Story and the CPO. Intro to next speaker	Slides?	15	21:05
21:05	Dave Robinson	HJCP Ltd	Elephant in the room. Won’t sell. CPO endgame. Wrap.		10	21:15
21:15	Chris Martin	Chair	Introduction to Q and A session.	Slide?	44	22:00

An application by Justin Claybourn, owner of the left wing and car park section of the Henry Jenkins has had his second planning application for conversion to a house refused by the planning department of Harrogate Borough council.

The refusal was mainly due to it being a community facility in the past and could be in the future.

A summary of the decision is below, or you can download a 20 page (pdf) detailed report on the application and the refusal Details Second planning refusal annex.

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APPLICATION NO: 6.24.58.G.FUL
LOCATION: Henry Jenkins Inn Main Street Kirkby Malzeard North Yorkshire HG4
3RY
PROPOSAL: Conversion of part of a public house and flat to create 1 no. dwelling.
(resubmission)
APPLICANT: Mr Justin Goodworth Claybourn

COMMENDATION
That the application be REFUSED. Reason(s) for refusal:-
1 The proposal would result in the loss of premises last used as a community facility (public house) thereby reducing the variety of locally based community facilities to the detriment of meeting the current and future social needs of this rural community.

No evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that the existing or alternative community use would cause unacceptable planning problems, that a satisfactory replacement facility is provided, or that there is no reasonable prospect of the use continuing on a viable basis or of a satisfactory alternative community use being secured.

The proposal is therefore contrary to the provisions of Local Plan policy CFX. In addition, the proposal is in conflict with paragraph 92 of the National Planning Policy Framework as the scheme would not guard against the loss of valued facilities and services. This adverse impact would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing one new dwelling.

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 Act 1990 allow Council to Compulsory purchase Pubs where the owner is unwilling to sell and the building has been, or could be, of benefit to the community.

This sets a precedent around the country for Pubs in similar situation to the above Pubs (hint – The Henry Jenkins) for approaching their local council about a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO).

The /Henry Jenkins Community Cooperative (HJCC) is looking closely into the requirements for application to the Harrogate Borough Council.

You can read more about it on our website page – COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER (CPO)