New bar in York’s Poppleton Road no longer going ahead

An application from Cook & Holman Ltd to convert the former Grant Ashley Hair & Beauty Salon, in Poppleton Road, into The Carriageworks bar have been withdrawn.

City of York Council planning officers stated they would take no further action on the application.

The reason for the plants being withdrawn have not been publicly stated.

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Plans stated the bar would have served coffee along with beer and wine for consumption on and off the premises.

The plans would have seen the venue open from 8.30am to 4.30pm from Monday to Wednesday and until 11pm from Thursday to Saturday.

It would have closed on Sundays.

No amplified music would have been played and there are no plans to put seats outside.

A noise impact assessment lodged as part of the application found there would have been no change to ambient noise levels as a result of the conversion.

The front of the building has stood vacant since Grant Ashley closed in April 2024.

Plans stated an extension built at the back of the building in 2012 would remain in use by another hair salon business.

A flat on the first floor of the building is above the proposed shop and bar and is out of the application’s scope.

They added the conversion would put the empty space to positive use and bring activity to the corner of a residential street.