Former village pub to be turned into house

The former Shorthorn Inn in Appleton Wiske

A former pub in a North Yorkshire village is set to be turned into a house if plans are approved.

The proposals would see the Shorthorn Inn in Appleton Wiske, near Northallerton, converted into a five-bedroom home.

The pub closed in 2018, with the owners blaming a slowing of trade.

The building is currently up for sale with a guide price of £650,000.

Previous planning applications to build four houses on the land were rejected by the former Hambleton District Council in 2023, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

But they were later overturned by the government planning inspectorate, which ruled the refusal constituted "unreasonable behaviour" by the authority.

Another proposal for four homes on the site was approved by North Yorkshire Council last year.

However, the current scheme would see the pub converted into just one home with the current pub car park turned into a garden.

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