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Mar 2020

Last Updated: 25/03/2020

Opening of £10m Ripon retail park delayed

by Tamsin O'Brien

| 25 Mar, 2020

The retail park featuring an M&S food store was due to open at the end of April

The opening of a new £10m Ripon retail park featuring an M&S food store is to be delayed due coronavirus. The development on the edge of Ripon was due to open on 29^th April.

New recruits, who were due to start working at the M&S store in Rotary Way just off the Ripon bypass, have been advised that the opening date has had to be put back and the timescale for the opening is not currently known, because of the uncertainty that the coronavirus crisis has caused.

The St Michael’s Retail Park scheme, which was first granted planning permission by Harrogate Borough Council in 2017, is being developed by Marshall CDP and the M&S unit, is currently at the fit out stage.

When fully open, it will feature a number of retailers, including Pets at Home.

M&S, the anchor store within the development, is due to provide 80 new jobs, including people who have been recruited locally. A spokesperson for M&S said:

“Due to the current unprecedented situation we have had to unfortunately postpone the opening of our Ripon store. We will keep the community updated with more information on the opening as soon as we can.”