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Nov 2020
Councillors will meet in December to consider Harrogate Spring Water's proposals to extend its bottling plant in the Pinewoods.
The water company, which was bought out last year by multinational firm Danone, has had outline planning permission since 2016 to expand to the west of its existing site.
Harrogate Borough Council confirmed to the Stray Ferret that the planning committee will meet next month to consider an application to change the footprint of the new building, which the company wants to increase from 0.77 hectares to 0.94 hectares.
The plans would also remove public woodland in Rotary Wood, planted by local families to celebrate the organisation's centenary.
A report from the council's arboricultural manager, Paul Casey, said the loss of 2.8 acres of woodland floor would remove the "green corridor" link between the north and south of the site. He said:
More than 300 letters of objection have been sent to the council since the plans were submitted, including from the Rotary Club of Harrogate, the Pinewoods Conservation Group and Harrogate Civic Society.
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