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Jun 2021
Shop vacancy rates fall in Harrogate district, according to council figures
Shop vacancy rates across Harrogate district have fallen over the last year, according to latest borough council data.
The figures for March 2021 show most areas saw a decrease in the number of vacant units on the same time last year.
Boroughbridge was among the best performing with just 1.5% of shops in the town empty - a drop from 6.1% on March last year.
According to the council’s data, just one out of 64 shops were vacant in the town.
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Meanwhile, Harrogate town saw the number of empty units fall from 9.5% in March 2020 to 7.3% in the same period this year.
However, figures for the Harrogate suburbs increased from 3.9% to 4.4%.
Pateley Bridge’s rate stayed the same, while Ripon fell to 6.6% and Masham dropped by 2.2% to 11.1%.
Overall the district has 83 out of 1,211 units sat empty, according to the data.
In a post on his news site, Andrew Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, said:
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