A well-loved Halifax pub is hoping to open a beer garden.

The Three Pigeons, on South Parade on the edge of Halifax town centre, has submitted a planning application to Calderdale Council for the proposal.

If approved, the pub would be able to convert land next to the pub, which is currently being used to store cars, into an al fresco drinking area.

A supporting statement with the application, made by Ossett and Salt Pubs and Bars, says: “The application relates to the change of use of an existing car sales pitch to an outdoor seating area including tables and chairs for use by the Three Pigeons Public House, which is adjacent to the site across Sun Fold.”

The boundary of the land, on the south side of the pub, is currently marked with a stone wall, with steel sheets above and barbed wire on top.

Fencing above the wall continues around the front boundary with a mesh-type treatment, again with barbed wire on top.

The pub’s plan would see the sheets, mesh and barbed wire removed and replaced with black painted railings above the wall on the side elevation, and free of any treatment other than the existing stone wall at the front.

"The car sales use will be removed to enable the provision of tables and chairs for the beer garden, with an entrance formed in the side wall for patrons to be able to access the garden from the public house,” says the statement.

"The proposal would represent an improvement to the setting of the listed building.”

According to the planning application, opening times for the beer garden would be between noon and 11pm each day.

People have until Monday, October 12 to comment on the application via the planning portal on Calderdale Council’s website.

The Three Pigeons was recently named as one of the best 500 pubs in the UK by The Telegraph.