New bar could open in historic Royal Baths

The Royal Baths in Harrogate were bought by North Yorkshire County Council in 2018.

Alcohol could be served until the early hours of the morning in part of the site of a town's historic Royal Baths.

The unit that was formerly the Potting Shed bar and which was part of the Grade-II listed building in Harrogate has been empty for five years.

A new venue called The Wicked Wolf wants to sell drinks until 03:00 in the space next to the Wetherspoons pub on Parliament Street.

North Yorkshire Council has given the public until the end of the month to give their views before a decision on their licence application is made.

The Royal Baths were purchased by the council in 2018 for £9.5m.

But a report for the authority has found that the value of the site fell to £7m after the pandemic, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The Potting Shed closed in 2019. Part of the building is leased to a Chinese restaurant and another unit was home to the Viper Rooms nightclub before its closure.

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