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Nov 2021
Plan to convert Hampsthwaite surgery rejected
Plans to convert a former Hampsthwaite doctors' surgery into a house have been rejected.
Dr Bannatyne and Partners, which was based at Winksey Cottage, High Street, in the village closed in March.
The surgery was part of Church Avenue Medical Group and shut down after practitioners felt the cottage was no longer a viable place for a medical practice.
Mozaffar Mari, a developer who bought the property, submitted plans to Harrogate Borough Council to convert the building into a house.
However, the borough council has refused the proposal on the grounds that Mr Mari had not demonstrated that the site had been empty for more than three months.
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In a decision notice, the council said:
The developer said in an application to the council that the building had been previously used as a house before becoming a surgery and could be “readily converted back” into a home.
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