Great news for the campaign to purchase and develop the Henry Jenkins as a community owned Pub.
As part of the government’s levelling up funding, the Henry Jenkins Community Pub has been awarded a grant of up to £330,000 to help with the purchase and refurbishment of the project.
This is a massive boost for the campaign and while there is more work to be done, it is a very positive move for the campaign.
We submitted an application for reinstatement of the ACV on the so-called ‘eastern annexe’ of the Henry Jenkins to HBC – a decision is expected by August 30th
Planning meeting today The decision on the fate of the Henry Jenkins is being made today. If you can be there to support, it will help show the planning committee members the support for keeping the Pub. Please meet at 1.15pm today, Tuesday (February 28) for show of strength outside the Council Offices, Crescent Gardens,…
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…
Plans to downgrade part of the historic Henry Jenkins Inn to residential have been refused following more than 60 objections. Only three people supported the application … and one of those was David Fielder, the Goole-based property developer who bought the property in 2012 – and who has since allowed the property to fall into a dilapidated state….
An appeal against refusal of planning permission for the demolition of the Henry Jenkins has been dismissed by a Government Planning Inspector. The Inspector, John Morrison, said he was not convinced that the potential re-use of the Henry Jenkins as a going concern had been sufficiently investigated – and that the owner had left the…
Coronavirus has devasted the whole country and will continue to do so for a long time yet! Perversely enough, this demonstrates why Kirkby Malzeard really needs a community pub. The name says it all – a pub that is bought by the community and refurbished by the community to serve that same community, is more…
