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Mar 2024
New auction house planned for Harrogate
A new auction house is planned for a Harrogate business park.
Plans to create the facility at Springfield Farm Business Park, near Kettlesing, have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council.
Springfield Farm is situated just off the A59 Skipton Road, seven miles east of Harrogate.
The plans propose converting an existing building on the business park to an auction house.
The site has been vacant since January 2023 and has been advertised for sale on Hayfield Robinson property consultants since last year.
The planning documents do not reveal which firm plans to move in, but correspondence between the council and the senior planner revealed the company set to occupy the unit "have auction houses elsewhere" and 10 jobs would be created.
If approved, the auction house will be less than five miles away from Thompson's Auctioneers at Killinghall but Thompson's director Kate Higgings said the proposed new venture was not part of its business.
Planning documents submitted to North Yorkshire Council say:
The council will decide whether to accept the plans.
Springfield Farm Business Park plans for a new auction house
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