PLANS to add more outdoor seating to a 200-year-old Bradford pub have been approved by planning officers.

The Greyhound in Tong is Grade II-listed, and has links to the village’s historic Tong Hall.

In May, a planning application for a scheme that would treble the amount of outdoor seating at the pub was submitted by Green King Pubs.

The application was for new lighting, heating, a covered pergola and portable cricket nets to protect customers sitting outside when a match is on the neighbouring pitch.

It would increase outdoor seating from 36 spaces to 108.

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The application has now been approved, with planning officers saying: “The pub stands next to the village cricket field, and makes an important contribution to the traditional character of the village.

“The proposed development works result in minor visual clutter, but is not considered to the significant detriment of the fabric or setting of the listed building.”