Readers’ Letters is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret....
Readers’ Letters: Harrogate is short of social housing – not luxury apartments
Readers’ Letters is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to [email protected]. This letter is in...
Plan for 20 new homes in Summerbridge
Developers have submitted plans to build 20 homes in Summerbridge. Nidderdale Estates Ltd, which is based in the village, has tabled the proposal to North Yorkshire Council for land off the B6165. The plan comes as a proposal for 24 homes on the site, known as Braisty...
Councillors back plea to remove Knox Lane site from local plan
Harrogate and Knaresborough councillors will ask officials drawing up a new map for housebuilding in North Yorkshire to consider removing the 53-home Knox Lane site. Developer Jomast has seen proposals at the location repeatedly thwarted by council planning...
Petition to protect Bilton’s Knox Lane from housing
A petition to prevent land targeted for homes in Bilton being available for development will be put before Harrogate and Knaresborough councillors next week. North Yorkshire Council’s Harrogate and Knaresborough planning committee rejected an application by the...
Council approves £400,000 contract to convert Harrogate hostel into flats
North Yorkshire Council looks set to pay contractors about £400,000 to convert a former Harrogate homeless hostel into six shared ownership flats. Cavendish House, on Robert Street, was used as temporary accommodation for homeless people. The council said the site,...
Updated plans revealed for former Harrogate strip club
Plans to convert the former Kings Club strip club in Harrogate into 14 apartments have been revised. North Yorkshire Council approved plans by Harrogate developer Forward Investments LLP to turn the site into 12 flats last year. But further plans were then submitted...
Concern over 34-acre ‘prime development opportunity’ near Boroughbridge
A Kirby Hill resident has raised concerns after a 34-acre plot of land described as a potential housing development opportunity was listed for sale. The arable land, located east of Leeming Lane in the village near Boroughbridge, has been advertised for sale by...
Charity’s partially-built flats in Harrogate demolished
Partially built supported living flats on Ripon Road in Harrogate have been demolished. The charity Harrogate Skills 4 Living is behind the scheme to create accommodation for adults with learning disabilities and autism. The building was to include six flats for...
Council to award ‘urgent’ £375,000 contract to save rough sleepers flats in Harrogate
North Yorkshire Council is to award a £375,000 contract to provide accommodation for rough sleepers in Harrogate. The contract is due to be awarded urgently and discussed in secret due to fears funding will be lost and the scheme collapse if work doesn't begin soon....
New twist in Sharow pub saga
An application for a certificate of lawfulness of use, submitted by the owner of a former Sharow pub, has been refused. Mark Fitton, who bought the Half Moon Inn in 2017, submitted the application to North Yorkshire Council in December. It followed a series of...
10-point guide to Knaresborough’s 1,000 new homes
Anyone who has driven along the A59 to the east of Knaresborough could hardly fail to have noticed hundreds of new homes going up in recent years. More are coming. Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey held a public consultation event yesterday (Tuesday, February 13) at which it...
Plans revealed to transform Starbeck’s Harper’s building
Plans have finally been revealed to transform the former Harper's building on Starbeck High Street in Harrogate. The building has been a vacant eyesore for six years since it was ravaged by fire, despite attempts to brighten it up by painting the blue and yellow...