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Apr
GALLERY: Campaigners jubilant after Harrogate Spring Water plans refused
It was a day of mixed emotions at Harrogate’s Civic Centre yesterday (April 17).
Members of North Yorkshire Council’s Harrogate and Knaresborough area planning committee refused Harrogate Spring Water’s bottling plant expansion plans, despite it being recommended for approval by council officials.
For those who have spent years campaigning against the proposal, which would involve hundreds of trees being felled to make way for the extension, there were huge celebrations.
But for the company, which is part of French multinational Danone and has spent around 10 years trying to get its plans approved, the rejection was another blow.
Despite Harrogate Spring Water promising to plant almost 3,000 new trees to mitigate the loss of the woodland, the application has proven to be one of the most controversial in recent years.
You can read the Stray Ferret's coverage of yesterday's events here and here, and we’ve also compiled the picture gallery below capturing some of the action from a dramatic day.
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