11/09/2026
💚 CULLINGWORTH, WE NEED YOUR HELP. SAVE OUR VILLAGE BEER GARDEN. LIKE, SHARE AND IF YOU SUPPORT PLEASE SIGN.
A sunny afternoon. The children enjoying time outside with you close by. A meal with family, a catch-up with neighbours and a chance to soak up that little bit of glorious Yorkshire sunshine.
Those moments are exactly why we brought The George’s beer garden to life.
We took a neglected, untidy piece of land in our beautiful conservation area and put time, work and care into making it somewhere our village could enjoy. Somewhere to pull up a chair, see a familiar face and feel at home.
Now we’re asking for your support to help keep it. We want to show Planning the community are behind this little summer oasis.
The Council has served an enforcement notice despite us trying to work with the council and get questions answered as they believe the land requires planning permission for a change of use. We’re challenging that position through the formal process as we're not building anything and it's always been land associated with the pub - it's even licenced! Environmental Health, Licencing and Highways have raised no objection to our application, and the Conservation Officer recognised the garden’s positive contribution. Despite this the council are looking to reject our application because of a previous application made under the old owners in 2014.
We’ve listened to neighbours, maintained and monitored the garden, and kept it closed after 9pm out of respect for those living nearby.
If this little corner of Cullingworth matters to you, please sign our petition:
👉 Sign the petition here https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hLZJZRqkCw
You can also pop in sign at the bar. Please sign just once, online or on paper, and share this post so others can have their say.
Help us keep this part of our village full of life. 🌿
Please feel free to post your beer garden pictures on this post and any good memories you have in the beer garden!
With thanks,
The team at The George 💚