Harrogate Borough Council is drawing up a plan for what infrastructure, such as schools, roads and doctor’s surgeries, are needed in the west of Harrogate where as many as 4,000 new homes could eventually be built before 2035.
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Explainer: What is the West Harrogate Parameters Plan?
Harrogate Borough Council is drawing up a plan for what infrastructure, such as schools, roads and doctor's surgeries, are needed in the west of Harrogate where as many as 4,000 new homes could be built by 2035. Harlow Hill, Rossett, and Pannal Ash are already some of...
Harrogate house prices soar in just one year
Statistics show that the average price of a house in the Harrogate Borough has increased by more than £28,000 in just one year. This is still only half of the national average increase.
‘Crammed’ housing plans for Boroughbridge rejected
Councillors on Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee had concerns that plans for 260 homes in Boroughbridge were “crammed in”. One councillor said it was “like a sink development from Lancashire, not something that we should be having in North Yorkshire”.
Controversial plans for 200 homes in Pannal Ash halted indefinitely
Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee yesterday voted against a recommendation to approve the development on the site of the former police training centre on Yew Tree Lane. Planners wanted to increase the number of homes from 161 to 200 by building on a sports pitch.
Final plans for 12 homes in Knaresborough submitted
FInal plans have been submitted for 12 homes off Bar Lane in Knaresborough. The development was given outline approval back in 2018.
Plan to convert Harrogate B&B into a house
A plan has been submitted to convert Brookfield House in Harrogate into a house. It follows approval for a similar application at Alexa House, Ripon Road, being approved.
Latest plan to convert Harrogate’s Windsor House into 94 flats approved
Windsor House is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Harrogate. There have been several similar applications to convert it into housing in recent years.
Plans submitted to build 28 homes in Bishop Monkton
Buckinghamshire-based Kebbell Development has lodged plans with Harrogate Borough Council to build 28 homes in Bishop Monkton. It proposes to build two, three, four and five-bedroom houses off Knaresborough Road.
Calls for greater action on hundreds of empty homes in Harrogate district
Figures reveal 774 homes in the Harrogate district have been empty for more than six months. At the same time about 1,700 households are in the queue for council housing.
Pannal Ash residents’ faith in planning process ‘severely tested’ by rush to approve 200 homes
Councillors are set to approve the application at the former Police Training Centre next week even though a plan that assesses transport and infrastructure needs associated with up to 4,000 new homes in western Harrogate has yet been published.
Academy trust appointed to run new Knaresborough school
The school, which is set to open in September 2023, will cater for families moving into the new housing development at Manse Farm as well as the wider Knaresborough area, where 1,000 new homes are planned.
Housing plans set for ‘eyesore’ Dunlopillo office block in Pannal
The building was built in 1961 and has been deteriorating for several years. Hornbeam Park Developments recently bought it and hope to convert it into appartments.
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Knaresborough Bed Race: A look back at the first event in 1966
With covid cancelling this year’s event, we look back at the first bed race in 1966 when Sooty creator Harry Corbett fired the starter’s gun on a phenomenon that just kept growing. All photos by the late Bill Hardacre.