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Oct 2020
Harrogate district's cabinet member for planning steps down
Harrogate borough councillor Rebecca Burnett has stepped down from her role as cabinet member for planning.
The council said in a statement today Ms Burnett had left the position with immediate effect to concentrate on her full-time job as marketing manager at bus company Transdev Blazefield.
She will be replaced by High Harrogate councillor Tim Myatt.
The news comes just over a week before the council is due to begin a judicial review in London's High Court with the developer Flaxby Park Ltd.
Conservative councillor Ms Burnett previously worked in Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones' office as a caseworker.
Cllr Burnett will continue to serve as a councillor for the Harrogate St Georges ward in Rossett, a position she has held since 2014.
She was made cabinet member for planning in May 2015, taking over from Cllr Michael Harrison, and oversaw the development of HBC's local plan, which was adopted in March 2020.
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