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Jun
Tesco submits plans to remove trees with preservation orders at Harrogate store
Tesco has applied to fell three trees with tree preservation orders at the site of its new store in Harrogate.
The company received planning permission in February 2023 to build a store, petrol station and a 209-space car park on the former gas works site at the junction of Skipton Road and Ripon Road.
Contractors KPS Limited have erected the store frame and roadworks are due to begin in August so an access road can be created.
The supermarket has sent plans to North Yorkshire Council to remove one sycamore with a tree preservation order and to seek retrospective consent for the felling of two goat willow trees with tree preservation orders.
The application by Martin Robeson Planning Practice on behalf of Tesco says of the sycamore removal: “It is required to safely construct the service road, due to rocky ground conditions which make the use of sheet piling unfeasible. Thus, the loss of this tree becomes unavoidable in terms of safely delivering the approved development.”
It adds the goat willow trees “both collapsed naturally in January 2024”.
The document adds:
To mitigate the loss of these trees, the submitted plans include the planting of three extra heavy standard whitebeam trees. This native species has been selected for its suitability to the specific ground conditions and its low risk of impact to the foul sewer which is in the vicinity.
The site plan by S+SA Architects on behalf of Tesco.
Alcohol plans
Tesco has also applied for a premises licence at the forthcoming store.
It wants to sell alcohol on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week and sell refreshments from a coffee machine between 11pm and 5am nightly.
Its premises licence application to North Yorkshire Council says:
We will have a digital CCTV system that covers the premises, including the main area which will be used for display of alcohol. Images will be retained for 31 days.
A member of the management team will be on the premises all the time the store is open. This colleague will have responsibility for the premises and will be the initial point of contact for any issues that may arise.
It added the checkouts will be programmed to prompt staff when an alcohol product is scanned at the checkout to follow the company’s Think 25 policy, under which anyone who looks under 25 will be asked to show ID.
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