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20

Aug 2022

Last Updated: 19/08/2022
Politics
Politics

Harrogate council agrees sale of land next to Oak Beck retail park

by Calvin Robinson

| 20 Aug, 2022
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Harrogate Borough Council officials said six potential offers were made for the 1/3 acre of land next to Oak Beck retail park.

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The land north of Oak Beck retail park, which Harrogate Borough Council plans to sell.

Harrogate Borough Council has agreed to sell a plot of land next to Oak Beck retail park.

The land, a former quarry extending to a third of an acre, was put up for sale by the council in order to encourage economic development.

It sits next to the retail park off Skipton Road, where Aldi and B&Q are based.

Council officials said the authority received six offers for the site after it had been put on the market. Senior councillors agreed to the sale at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, though it was not revealed who the buyer is.

Cllr Graham Swift, cabinet member for resources at the borough council, said the cash received from the sale would help fund major projects, such as the planned redevelopment of Harrogate Convention Centre.

He told the meeting:

“This summarises the fact that in our asset management strategy, we have taken the opportunity to sell off small parcels of non-strategic land which enables us to then fund very considerable investments that viewers and residents will be hearing tonight around the HCC, leisure complexes and the significant investment we’re making in enhanced services.
“So it speaks such a lot of sense and it’s a very clear, fair market programme and I am very happy to move the project.”






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