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Feb 2022
‘End this farce’: Kirkby Malzeard wall to finally be rebuilt
Harrogate Borough Council has approved plans to repair and rebuild a church wall in Kirkby Malzeard that has been blocking the highway for nearly two years.
Residents and parish councillors urged the council at a planning meeting yesterday to end the "farce” of the St Andrew's Church wall, which collapsed in February 2020 due to heavy rain.
The council will now rebuild the retaining wall and carry out stabilisation work to its other sections.
Cllr Peter Saxon, of Kirkby Malzeard, Laverton and Dallowgill Parish Council, told the borough council’s planning committee yesterday:
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Cllr Saxon added that the road on Church Street is often busy with children as it is next to the primary school and it was therefore fortunate that the wall collapsed at night.
He added:
Risk of further collapse
Jonathan Dunk, executive officer for property and major projects at the borough council, told the meeting that there was still concern that the remaining wall could collapse.
He said:
Mr Dunk added that the council would look to start the works on the wall in the Easter holidays.
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