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Sept 2023
Still no start date for work on new Harrogate Tesco
Tesco has still yet to reveal when work will start on its new supermarket in Harrogate.
The now-defunct Harrogate Borough Council approved plans for a store on the former gasworks site on Skipton Road in February.
The scheme, which will create 100 jobs, also includes a petrol station and 209 car parking spaces.
It was approved despite concerns about the impact on the nearby Jennyfields local centre, which includes a Co-op, medical centre and Post Office.
But seven months on, work has yet to begin on the site near New Park roundabout.
The former gasworks site pictured from Ripon Road this week..
The application was approved subject to conditions, such as a £50,000 contribution to a new bus service from Penny Pot Lane in Killinghall.
The Stray Ferret understands Tesco is still working through the details of the conditions and hopes to start on site in the near future.
But the supermarket still hasn't given a date.
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 for 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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