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Aug 2023
Harrogate residents consider vehicle protest against developers
Residents in part of Harrogate flooded by new homes may refuse to move their vehicles off the street tomorrow in protest.
A modular building that acted as a developer's office and has stood derelict for years is due to be taken away by the company Portakabin.
A traffic management company has asked people on Kingsley Road to move any vehicles parked on the street so there is enough space for the building to be transported along the street from its location on Hawthorne Place.
But Kingsley Ward Action Group, which was set up to protect green spaces from development, said some residents are so angry about the number of new homes and the way developers have acted they are unwilling to comply.
A spokesman for the group said:
Will there be enough room for the modular building to be removed on Kingsley Road?
North Yorkshire Council has issued a traffic order preventing waiting and loading along one side of Kingsley Road from tomorrow until Friday.
But the spokesman said many residents were unclear exactly where they could park and what was legally permitted.
Some 600 homes are being built in the Kingsley Road area after a succession of planning applications were approved.
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- Kingsley anger reaches 'boiling point' as another 162 homes set for approval
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North Yorkshire Council’s highways area manager for Harrogate, Melisa Burnham, said:
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