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Jun 2023
New parking arrangements at Nidderdale Showground due "shortly"
New parking arrangements at Nidderdale Showground in Pateley Bridge are due to be revealed "shortly".
NIdderdale Agricultural Society, which owns the showground, ended a 21-year lease agreement with Harrogate Borough Council to operate the car park and appointed a private company last year.
The move was controversial because the car park was previously one of three covered by the annual £12 Pateley Bridge parking permit and some people unaware of the change were fined £60 by automatic number plate recognition cameras.
But the cameras are currently not working, and Pateley Bridge Town Council's monthly meeting last week heard the agricultural society was "desperately trying to get out of the contract" with the private company.
The parking meters at the showground are not currently working.
The council said it had received an email from the agricultural society saying "it had realised what they have done is wrong and has damaged their reputation" and they wanted "a more supportive approach" from the town council. The council sympathised with their situation and agreed.
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Speaking after the meeting Cllr Andrew Murday, a town councillor who also represents Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale on North Yorkshire Council, said it was "an unsatisfactory situation that I hope can be resolved" between the agricultural society and the private company.
A spokesperson for the agricultural society said:
The car park at the showground.
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