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May 2023
Plan for 15 flats on former Pateley Bridge garage site rejected
A plan to build 15 flats on a former Pateley Bridge garage site has been refused.
Chartwell Barns Ltd has tabled the proposal to Harrogate Borough Council to build a three-storey block on the site of Daleside Garage on Bridgehouse Gate in April 2022.
The proposal included an electric vehicle charging point along with 27 car parking spaces.
A total of three one-bedroom, eight two-bedroom and four three-bedroom flats were included in the scheme.
However, North Yorkshire Council, which replaced the borough council on April 1 this year, has refused the plan.
In a decision notice, it said the scheme would result in the loss of employment space and that the developer had failed to prove that the site had been marketed for employment use.
It said:
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The council added that the development would be “unduly dominant and incongruous” within its surroundings and failed to provide an “acceptable level of privacy” to future occupants.
The decision comes as the former business on the site, Daleside Garage, has since moved in the town.
The firm has moved to brand new premises at Corn Close Farm on Low Wath Road.
Karley Haley, who owns Daleside Garage with her husband Glenn, told the Stray Ferret that the move helped to retain the MOT testing station, as well as servicing and repairs, in the town.
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