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Dec 2020
Plans for new business park near Knaresborough
A property developer has submitted formal plans for a business park on land near Knaresborough.
Opus North, based in Ilkley, and Bridge Fund Management, based London, bought the site from a private individual earlier this year.
At the time the developers said the 38-acre site could support 2,000 jobs and could make a “significant contribution” to the local economy.
Plans submitted to Harrogate Borough Council include offices, light industry, start-up units, pubs and takeaways.
The Stray Ferret approached Opus North for a comment but received no reply by the time of writing.
Ryan Unsworth, development director of Opus North, previously told us:
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The site, located south-west of junction 47 of the A1(M) and next to Flaxby Park is allocated as an employment site in Harrogate Borough Council’s Local Plan, which sets out the area’s policy and planning framework until 2035.
It has existing planning permission for over half a million square feet of development for employment uses.
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