{"id":307142,"date":"2025-11-25T06:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307142\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:25:10","slug":"cafe-and-hub-planned-for-former-wibsey-rugby-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307142\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe and hub planned for former Wibsey rugby club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A former rugby club building could be turned into a cafe and community hub under plans submitted to Bradford Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Developer Decrypt Ltd has applied for permission to convert the vacant Wibsey Rugby Union Football Club building on High Street in Wibsey into a cafe with a private dining area and games room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The planning application said the plans would &#8220;benefit the local community whilst preserving the building&#8217;s historic character&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Grade II listed building dates back to the late 18th to early 19th centuries and was originally constructed as two cottages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The site was previously used as a licensed sports and social club associated with the local rugby community, according to the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The premises are currently unoccupied and have been vacant for a period, leading to concerns over the building&#8217;s ongoing maintenance, vitality and potential deterioration,&#8221; a planning statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The proposed change of use seeks to reintroduce community value to the building while retaining its architectural and historical character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The proposed cafe and hub will provide a welcoming space for local residents, supporting social inclusion, and open to local activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">If approved, the new venue would open from 09:00 to 21:00 and create three jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A decision is expected to be made on the planning application by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former rugby club building could be turned into a cafe and community hub under plans submitted to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-307142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}