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Mar 2022
Derelict Knaresborough High Street properties restored
A row of derelict properties on Knaresborough High Street have been renovated with a £1m investment from Harrogate Borough Council.
The council bought the seven Grade II listed properties in 2019 after they had been unoccupied for several years. They consist of three retail units and four residences.
Renovation began with planning permission and listed building consent in 2020, and has just been completed.
One of the properties that did not need renovation has already been occupied by Knaresborough Exotic Rescue.
The other properties have been listed for rent or sale.
Councillor Graham Swift, deputy leader and Cabinet member for resources, enterprise and economic development, said;
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A former resident of one of the properties, Ms Hassall, wrote to Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough Andrew Jones to share her thanks for the project, saying;
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