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THE owner of a 250-year-old pub linked to the Luddite rebellion may appeal a decision preventing him from knocking it down for housing. Andrew Mitchell says the Shears Inn on the A649 Halifax Road at Liversedge is not viable as a pub. He wants to pull it down to make space for four houses. Earlier this week Kirklees Council ruled against the idea. That pleased campaigners including Spen Valley Civic Society, which said the council had recognised the pub’s connection to historical events and their local and national significance. A spokeswoman said: “Kirklees Council has clearly...

BBC News Published image captionThe proposed scheme for the building on Halifax Road at Hightown received 433 objections Plans to demolish an historic pub with links to the Luddite rebellion of the early 19th Century have been refused. The Shears Inn in Liversedge, West Yorkshire, was a meeting place in 1812 for textile workers who felt their jobs were threatened by mechanisation. Owner Andrew Mitchell said the pub was no longer viable and had applied to replace it with four houses. Kirklees Council rejected the plan, with one councillor describing the building as "spectacularly important". A...

PLANS to demolish a pub with links to the Luddite movement to make way for new homes look set to fail. The owner of the Shears Inn in Liversedge lodged plans in 2019 to knock it down and build a total of four family homes on the site. And while the building itself is not listed, it has historic links after being the location of a meeting of Luddite in 1812 before they marched on a local mill to attack it. Local heritage group Spen Valley Civic Society said it was "absolutely horrified" by the plans to demolish it, and raised strong objections. They also tried to get the pub listed by ...