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Dec 2022
A senior Harrogate borough councillor has said he was shocked and disappointed to discover new parking arrangements had been introduced at Nidderdale Showground.
NIdderdale Agricultural Society, which owns the showground, has ended a 21-year lease agreement with Harrogate Borough Council to operate the car park and appointed a private company instead.
The company has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras to the car park and does not accept the council's £12 annual Pateley Bridge parking permit, which includes parking at the showground and Southlands car park.
It means people who bought the permit in spring now have to pay extra to park at the showground — even though the deal they signed up to was for 12 months.
Cllr Stanley Lumley. Harrogate Borough Council's cabinet member for culture, tourism and sport, said:
Cllr Lumley added:
Pateley’s annual permit still applies to the town’s Southlands car park, which continues to be operated by Harrogate Borough Council.
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