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Jun 2023
Co-op submits plans for new store in Boroughbridge
Plans have been submitted to open a Co-op in Boroughbridge.
The 359-square metre store would sell fresh, frozen and chilled products from 7am to 10pm seven days a week.
It would be built on the site of the former Searles Carpets showroom and Saab garage on Horsefair.
A design statement sent on behalf of the applicants to North Yorkshire Council, which will decide whether to approve the development, says:
The document adds the "traditional looking" building would conform with the requirements of the Boroughbridge Conservation Area.
Another impression of the proposed store.
An accompanying planning statement says the store would have 13 car park spaces, including one disabled bay, and be accessed from Horsefair via a new access route.
It adds the store would be operated by Central Co-Operative, which "is independent from the Co-Operative Group, but are part of the wider co-operative movement". Central Co-Operative currently trades from some 440 outlets in 19 counties.
The planning statement says the Spar shop on High Street is the only existing town centre supermarket / general store. It adds:
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