I have it on the best of authority that Wetherspoons has an application in for the Angel on the quayside and that it's more or less certain to be granted. I don't know how you all feel about the Wetherspoons ethic - personally I think the buildings, (and they're not always pubs) that have been taken over by them are far preferable being licensed rather than posh apartments conversions. Some Wetherspoons are even residential - I've stayed in their establishments in Bewdley and Tewkesbury - very reasonably priced and well-apointed - this would undoubedly help the on-going Whitby accommodation shortfall. In addition, I've never seen any trouble kick off in a J D Wetherspoons house.