Pub can keep unauthorised beer garden despite planners' objections

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 14:02 · Archive

Bradford Council has approved a retrospective planning application for a beer garden at The George pub in Cullingworth that has operated without permission for two years.

Bradford Council's Area Planning Panel has approved a retrospective planning application for a beer garden at The George pub in Cullingworth, overruling the recommendation of planning officers. The land has been used as a beer garden for two years without planning permission. Owner Richard Cullen applied for retrospective permission for change of use of the site, which went before the panel on Wednesday.

Planning officers had recommended the plans be refused, arguing that a beer garden just a few feet from residents' windows would be 'detrimental to the amenity of occupants'. If approved, drinkers would be able to use the garden from noon to 9pm. A resident living next to the site told councillors he had to endure noise from drinkers for up to nine hours on some days.

Counsillors were told that plans for a smaller beer garden on the site were refused in 2014 on the same grounds. That decision was appealed but dismissed by a government planning inspector who confirmed the proposals were unacceptable. Four people had objected to the current application, though two petitions signed by hundreds of people had been submitted to the council in support.

How it is being reported

• Pub can keep unauthorised beer garden despite noise complaints from residentsAt the meeting, members heard from a resident who lived next to the unauthorised beer garden.Keighley News · 23 Oct, 13:33
• Pub can keep unauthorised beer garden despite noise complaints from residentsAt the meeting, members heard from a resident who lived next to the unauthorised beer garden.Telegraph & Argus · 23 Oct, 03:00

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