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May 2022

Last Updated: 27/05/2022
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Business

New pharmacy coming to Harrogate's Beulah Street

by Calvin Robinson

| 27 May, 2022
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Harrogate Borough Council has given the go-ahead to convert a former William Hill bookies on Beulah Street into a pharmacy.

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Former William Hill on Beulah Street.

Proposals to create a pharmacy and retail unit at a former William Hill bookmakers in Harrogate have been approved.

Leeds-based The Pharmacy Group submitted a planning application to Harrogate Borough Council to convert the boarded-up unit on the town’s Beulah Street.

It will see the bookies, which has been closed for some time, converted into a shop and the unit facing Station Parade converted into a pharmacy.

Office space will also be created in the space above the pharmacy.




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Harrogate Borough Council has now approved the plan.

The developer said in documents submitted to the council that the proposal would bring “positive benefits” to the area.

It said:

“The change of use from turf accountants to retail and offices and the proposed redevelopment of the site will bring positive benefits to the area by maintaining, enhancing and giving new life to a key property on both Beulah Street and Station Parade.”


The Pharmacy Group is a third generation family-owned business with 30 NHS community pharmacies across Yorkshire. They include Harrogate Pharmacy on Haywra Crescent.