The hoardings have come down from the site earmarked for housing on Allhallowgate and it is now springing back to life with a green makeover.
Property
Ripon sinkhole site springs back to life as green space
A tidy-up is underway at a central Ripon location where a sinkhole prevented new homes from being built. The Stray Ferret understands the area in Allhallowgate will remain as green open space for the public to enjoy. Further details are expected shortly. Grey...
Six months to save Ripon’s Spa Baths for community use
Ripon has six months to raise enough money to save the 116-year-old Grade II listed building from being sold from housing after it was listed as an Asset of Community Value.
‘The aim is to make Ripon a more attractive destination’
Richard Compton, chairman of Ripon Business Improvement District, says there is an opportunity to put the city on the national and international map.
Battle to save Ripon Spa Baths being sold for housing receives boost
Harrogate Borough Council has agreed to list the baths as an Asset of Community Value, giving the community six months to put together a bid to buy the 116-year-old Grade II listed building. Many locals fear the building could be sold and converted to housing.
Travellers depart Harrogate’s Ashville College after fracas leaves man in hospital
Police were called to Yew Tree Lane on Saturday night after what is believed to have been an altercation between two travellers. Caravans have been departing the fee-paying school’s playing fields today.
Blaze in Harrogate district barns with 150 tonnes of straw bales
Firefighters are still on site almost 12 hours after the blaze started in barns at Green Hammerton. The cause is not yet known.
Could former MoD homes in Ripon be used to help Afghans?
Royal Engineers from Ripon have served in Afghanistan; now it is being asked whether some former army homes in the city could be allocated to Afghan refugees.
Travellers set up camp at Harrogate’s Ashville College – and demand £5,000 to leave
The fee-paying school says it may have to delay the return to school due to safeguarding fears after a group of travellers drove cars and caravans onto the rugby pitches on Yew Tree Lane last night.
Ripon’s Old Deanery hotel to reopen under new occupiers
In a separate boost to Ripon’s hotel and leisure sector, new owners are continuing to refurbish the Spa Hotel, raising hopes that two of the city’s historic properties will be welcoming visitors again soon.
Ex-guest house owner from Harrogate, 73, jailed for three-and-a-half years
Yoko Banks, who owns a string of ‘highly marketable’ properties in some of Harrogate’s most desirable areas, ‘facilitated’ an Albanian drugs gang by renting out homes for industrial scale cannabis production, a court heard. Police found a ‘large’ crossbow at one property.
Plans to convert Harrogate church hall into townhouses
The proposal would see the hall alongside Trinity Methodist Church converted into two three-bedroom properties for older people.
Leeds cocktail bar Roland’s set to open late night Harrogate venue
Roland’s, which says it serves ‘exceptional drinks, great music and a good time’, has applied to Harrogate Borough Council for an alcohol licence at a new bar on Parliament Street, which would open daily from 10am until 2.30am.
