A village which just months ago had no pubs will now have two places for locals to enjoy a drink.
A planning application to open the Duke of York in Grindleton as a pub serving food and bed and breakfast accommodation as well as building three one-bedroomed holiday lets and managers accommodation has been approved by Ribble Valley Borough Council.
The pub and dining areas will serve the community in the evening while the café will be open during the day.
The guests from both the bed and breakfast rooms and holiday lets will improve tourism in the small village.
Cllr Kevin Horkin MBE, for West Bradford and Grindleton, said that the building will be put to 'full use'.
He said: "We have long campaigned with residents for the past 18 months to get something into Grindleton.
"It has sadly fallen into a bit of an eyesore.
"The parish council and residents will be pleased to see a really nice building being put to full use, not just for the local community but for the hospitality industry offering generally."
Much of the building will remain the same, however, some alterations will be made for the revamp including the layout of the ground floor.
The first floor will no longer be managers' accommodation and will instead house five guest bedrooms with en-suites in the pub to allow the building to operate as a bed and breakfast.
The new building will hour three one-bedroomed holiday lets which are self-catered and will also house the new three-bedroom managers' accommodation.
This approval comes just a couple of months after the village got their first pub back, the Rum Fox which opened up in the former Buck Inn on Sawley Road.
Residents of the village spent months campaigning under the Grindleton Community Pub group to have one of their two former pubs, the Duke of York or the Buck Inn re-opened to serve the community after they both closed about five years ago.
The plans have been approved subject to conditions including a condition in which only the manager must live in the ‘managers accommodation’, the holiday lets cannot be rented out for longer than 28 days at a time, and the pub, café and restaurant can only operate between 8am and midnight.
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