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Mar 2022
Harrogate council approves sale of Knaresborough flats
Four renovated flats on Knaresborough High Street are to be sold off by Harrogate Borough Council for almost £900,000.
Members of the council’s cabinet agreed to the sale at a meeting last night after the Grade II listed properties were unoccupied for several years before being bought by the council in 2019.
A renovation project also including two retail units has recently been completed and the properties are now on the market.
Cllr Graham Swift, deputy leader of the council, said the authority would not make a profit from the £879,900 leasehold sale and that he hoped more vacant properties in Knaresborough town centre would now be brought back into use.
He told last night’s meeting:
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The flats are individually valued between £189,950 and £295,000.
The council will retain control over the freehold of the flats, as well as the freehold of the two retail units that were part of the refurbishment.
Cllr Swift, who is also cabinet member for resources, enterprise and economic development, added:
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