Aparthotel plan for town's former civic hall

A Hebden Bridge pub could get a new lease of life as an aparthotel, if planners agree.

Wayth-Hebden Bridge Ltd has applied to Calderdale Council to change the Crown Hotel, on the corner of Crown Street and Cheetham Street, from a public house with letting rooms to a public house with 16 aparthotel rooms.

According to the application, an aparthotel combines elements of both apartments and hotels using a hotel booking system which is automated.

If it is successful, the plan is to rename the building The Civic Hall in honour of its previous history.

Wayth Hotels already operates an aparthotel – The Briarcroft, at Goole in East Yorkshire – and Wayth-Hebden Bridge Ltd is run by two local business owners, with strong links to the local community, said the application papers.

The proposal also stated an ambition to refurbish the existing ground floor bar/pub area and to rent this space out, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

A decision on the plan will be taken at a later date.

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