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Nov 2023
Tesco agrees to pay £50,000 for Harrogate bus stop improvements
Tesco is set to pay £50,000 to improve bus stops as part of the planning agreement for its new store in Harrogate.
The supermarket was granted planning approval subject to conditions for a store on the former gasworks site on Skipton Road in February.
As part of its section 106 agreement with North Yorkshire Council, Tesco will pay for improvements to five stops as part of a service in the Killinghall area.
The agreement, which has recently been published on the council website, says the money will go towards new extended shelters with information boards, seating and “where necessary raised kerbs to each carriageway”.
The five bus stops would be on Skipton Road and Ripon Road.
A council report said:
It added that the council felt the contribution was a “reasonable request”.
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The supermarket has also agreed to pay £5,000 towards a travel plan for the area.
It has also agreed to provide a replacement store at Jennyfields Local Centre should the existing store close within five years of Tesco opening.
Tesco has also committed to on-site and off-site provision, maintenance and monitoring habitat provision for biodiversity.
The move comes as construction work has yet to start on the new store nine months on from its approval.
Planning documents say a new roundabout will be built at the store entrance and the A59 will be widened to provide a filter lane.
The Stray Ferret approached Tesco for an update on when it intends to start work on the scheme, but we had not received a response by the time of publication.
The council received 82 representations about Tesco’s planning application. A total of 24 were supportive and 57 objected, mainly on the grounds of amenity, traffic, environmental and drainage impacts.
But the council’s planning committee went along with case officer Kate Broadbank’s recommendation to grant approval.
She said the development would “create jobs and provide social, environmental and economic benefits to the local area” and was “in accordance with the development plan policies”.
Tesco first secured planning permission on the site in 2012 but revived its plans in December 2021.
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