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Robin Hood’s Bay Vineyard Tour Plan Approved

Thursday, 7 November 2024 15:48

By Anttoni James Numminen, Local Democracy Reporter

A Robin Hood’s Bay vineyard has been given permission to run tours and sell wine despite a raft of objections from neighbours.

The Bay Vineyard in Robin Hood’s Bay has won its application for a premises licence allowing it to organise tours with wine tastings and to sell wine to visitors from 9am to 11pm, seven days a week.

Rebecca and Ian Sheveling’s proposal received more than 40 objections which raised concerns about the proposed operating hours, noise disturbance, and impacts on local roads.

However, at a meeting of North Yorkshire Council’s licencing sub-committee last week, councillors said they would grant the licence on the terms requested after considering aspects including the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance, and the protection of children from harm.

Many of the objectors also attended the meeting to make further submissions and urged the council to limit the proposed hours.

One of the objectors, Richard Foreman, wrote to the council to ask:

“Will I, and other local residents, have the enjoyment of our property significantly reduced because if we sit outside we will be subjected to the public nuisance of the additional noise? This is unacceptable.”

No objections had been made by the North York Moors National Park Authority and several letters of support were also sent to the council.

Speaking at the meeting, Rebecca Sheveling confirmed that the premises would operate as a farm, vineyard and winery and that they had

“no intention of operating the premises as a wedding and events venue”

as had been suggested by some objectors.

After hearing from the licensing officer, and nine members of the public, the chair of the sub-committee, Coun Tim Grogan, said the premises licence would be granted subject to the proposed conditions, including rules on online sales.

Bay Vineyard, which grows red and white English grape varieties, was set up at Greenhills Farm as a diversification project.

The applicants said that the vineyard had been limited to ten tours a year and would expand after it received a grant from the Rural England Prosperity Fund “towards investment in new equipment to support our growth”

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