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A PLANNING application to convert the historic Hermit pub in Burley Woodhead into residential accommodation has been withdrawn. The housing plan, which had been submitted to Bradford Council s planning department, promoted the launch of a campaign by local residents to save the 400 year old pub. Regulars down the years have included TV presenter Richard Whiteley and Alfred Brown, one of the most widely read writers of books about walking in Yorkshire. The Hermit’s name derives from an 18th century man who lived in a hut on the moor, from where he serenaded locals. The campaign to Save the Hermit had won all party backing from local Shipley MP Philip Davies (Conservative) as well as Burley-in-Wharfedale resident and former Keighley MP John Grogan (Labour) and former MP for Leeds North West Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat) who is now the Campaign Director of the Campaign For Pubs.

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