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Apr 2024
Plans for car wash on busy Harrogate road withdrawn
Plans to build a car wash and valeting station on Skipton Road in Harrogate have been withdrawn.
A planning application was submitted to North Yorkshire Council in December for the facility, which would have been created on the car park of a former builder’s merchants near to Harrogate Fire Station.
Tofan Osman Abdullah, who is based in Leeds, was behind the scheme and planning documents stated that he had experience running a similar business a few years ago.
According to the application, the business would have opened from 8.30am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and from 9am to 5pm on Sundays and bank holidays.
A design and access statement attached to the application urged the council to approve the plans. It said:
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However, before the application could be considered, the council’s environmental health team submitted a representation that raised concerns about the potential for noise impacting nearby residential properties.
It asked the applicant to produce a report to outline how much noise the car wash might create and how this will be mitigated.
A council officer said:
A request to withdraw the application was accepted by the council.
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