A WELL-known pub which has operated under various guises over the years could become a house if plans are given the go ahead.

The former Prune Park Inn, near Wilsden, first opened its doors back in the 1970s and in recent years has undergone a number of different facelifts and refurbishments.

But its 42-year stint as a food and drink spot looks to have drawn to a close for good following submission of the latest plans.

The building, set in rural land off Prune Park Lane, most recently traded as Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant, but closed its doors at the beginning of August.

A message posted on Facebook said: “It’s with great regret but we have now closed down and would like to thank all customers for the support we have had this last year.”

Before it became a pub, the site was once used as a mink and dairy farm. It was also the first home of Allerton Cat Rescue.

The pub first featured in the Telegraph & Argus in 1976, when then land was bought by Laurie Greenwood, who spent four months converting it into a country pub. It marked a relocation from the Navigation Tavern in Mirfield for Mr Greenwood, who said he liked the rural surrounds of Prune Park.

The past three decades in particular saw the pub branch out into new areas.

In the early 2000s the pub rebranded as the Prune Park Bar and Brasserie, with a ‘gastro pub’ feel.

Pesto Italian Restaurants added the inn to their chain of Pesto in a Pub outlets in October 2012.

More than 30 local people, many of whom had found themselves as previously long-term unemployed, were recruited by the pub in the first six months after its opening.

But despite announcing further expansion plans for the chain in October 2013, the Bradford branch of Pesto in a Pub closed in 2014.

After a makeover and re-branding, the pub re-opened in October 2014 as the Bronte Pub and Restaurant after an extended period of closure.

At the time, partner Adam Champman said he was determined to reinstate the pub as a community favourite.

The Bradford CAMRA branch welcomed news of the re-opening, but highlighted how the Prune Park Inn had suffered because of its “relative isolation”.

The plans now submitted to Bradford Council seek permission to change the use of the building from a drinking establishment/restaurant with staff accommodation to one dwellinghouse.