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    Feb 2023

    Last Updated: 08/02/2023
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    Plan to convert former Harrogate post office into 11 flats approved

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 08 Feb, 2023
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    The former post office building on Cambridge Road in Harrogate.

    Plans to convert the former main post office in Harrogate town centre into 11 flats have been approved.

    The post office on Cambridge Road relocated to WH Smith in 2019 amid claims by Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones the service was being “downgraded”. The building has stood empty since.

    Proposals lodged to Harrogate Borough Council by Leeds-based property developer Priestley Group will see the building converted into 11 apartments.

    The developer said in a statement to the council the proposal would secure an “active re-use” of the building.

    It said:

    “The proposed development will facilitate the long-term active re-use of this prominently located building within the heart of Harrogate town centre with an appropriate mix of uses that will support the wider vitality and viability of the town centre.”


    The approval follows two previous planning applications for the former post office.

    In November 2020, Harrogate-based developer One Acre Group submitted plans for 25 apartments and offices on the site but withdrew the application in 2021.

    Meanwhile, Priestley Group saw a proposal to convert the building into 23 self-serviced holiday flats rejected by the council in December.



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