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May 2021
Calls for action on 'eyesore' Starbeck building
A Starbeck business owner has called for urgent action on a derelict high street building that he says is damaging the image of the area.
A fire ripped through the former McColl's supermarket in July 2018, but almost three years later, the Victorian-era building is still a burned-out shell with much of its roof missing.
Andrew Hart is the owner of Starbeck's Post Office which stands opposite the building. He said he has grown frustrated with progress to refurbish it and said it's holding the wider area back from redevelopment.
He said:
Mr Hart said the building reminds him of a World War II bomb site and has become "the disgrace of Starbeck".
He added:
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Mr Hart called on Liberal Democrat councillor for Starbeck, Philip Broadbank, to push the landlord of the building to submit redevelopment plans.
Cllr Broadbank told the Stray Ferret that pre-application talks between the landlord and Harrogate Borough Council took place last week.
He said architect drawings involve creating new retail space on the ground floor and flats above it.
He said:
Cllr Broadbank expects a formal planning application to be submitted by the landlord imminently.
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