North Yorkshire Council has no plans to build a western bypass in Harrogate, with one councillor saying the move would “reopen old wounds”. Business group Independent Harrogate published a document this month called A Vision for Harrogate that set out an alternative...
The boss of Harrogate District Hospital says improving its record in delivering timely cancer treatment is being made more difficult due to doctors going on strike. Jonathan Coulter, chief executive of Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, made the comments...
Senior councillors have given the go-ahead for a major investment in its outdoor learning centres at Bewerley Park and East Barnby. North Yorkshire Council’s executive yesterday approved spending £4.2m on an 84-bed accommodation block at Bewerley Park, near Pateley...
Senior Conservative councillors have agreed to drastically scale-back Harrogate’s £11.2m Station Gateway in an effort to rescue the troubled scheme. This morning North Yorkshire Council’s executive said it will remove the part-pedestrianisation of James Street from...
North Yorkshire Council has defended the controversial installation of electric vehicle charge points in a Knaresborough car park after traders claimed it was putting shoppers off visiting the town. Ten of the 56 regular parking bays in the town centre Chapel Street...
A massive increase in housebuilding across Harrogate and Knaresborough is worsening pollution in the River Nidd, according to the Environment Agency. Jamie Duncan, who has worked on the Nidd for 20 years for the public body, gave a wide-ranging presentation about the...
Harrogate District Cycle Action has criticised North Yorkshire Council for its track record in delivering active travel in Harrogate, which has seen various cycling and walking schemes abandoned and funding bids rejected. In recent years the council has built a...
A decades-long wait to build flats on a former petrol station at Skellbank in Ripon could finally end soon. The site has been derelict for more than 20 years and has been described as an “eyesore” by local residents. In 2003, Harrogate Borough Council approved a plan...
The number of adults with substance abuse problems is increasing in North Yorkshire, according to a report. It comes as North Yorkshire Council is set to extend the contract for its specialist drug and alcohol support service North Yorkshire Horizons for another five...
Plans have been submitted to convert the former Golden Dry Cleaners on Cheltenham Crescent in Harrogate into a bar. Designs drawn up by architect Reader Tinsley Designs suggest the bar could be called Elysian. It would be split into four rooms to offer drinkers a bar...
The Conservative councillor in charge of transport at North Yorkshire Council has urged local Liberal Democrat members to support the scaled-back Harrogate Station Gateway proposals. The £11.2m scheme’s most controversial aspects, such as the single-lane proposals for...
