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Dec 2021
Follifoot business park appeals expansion plan refusal
The owners of a business park in Follifoot have appealed a decision to refuse permission to expand onto green belt land.
Harrogate Borough Council rejected a plan to build two new buildings on Follifoot Ridge Business Park, which would have created space for five commercial units.
The development would have sat next to existing units (pictured above) previously allowed because they were classed as farm conversions.
The owners of the park said the new units would help to meet demand from businesses for more space.
Kim Eastwood, a planning agent for the business park, told the council in June that the development would have little impact on the area because the green belt land is already surrounded by existing units.
However, the council's planning committee rejected the proposal. In its reason for refusal, the authority said:
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In its statement of case, the business park’s planning agent, ID Planning, said the development was not “inappropriate” and that it disagreed with the council’s conclusion.
It said:
How the business park would look with the commercial units built on the green belt land.
It added that the scheme had economic benefits and would not have an “impact on the openness of the green belt”.
A government planning inspector will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
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