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17
Mar
An opening of new primary school in Knaresborough is expected to be delayed until September 2026.
The school, which will be run by Elevate Multi Academy Trust, is to be built at Manse Farm and serve pupils from new housing developments in the area.
It will provide 210 places for pupils, with the capacity to be expanded to 420.
North Yorkshire County Council unveiled plans for the school in 2020 as part of proposals "to serve housing growth".
It was initially planned to open in September 2022, but was delayed twice until September 2024.
The council previously said that the project had been delayed due to an overhead electric cable that runs across the land where the school is due to be built.
It added that a sub-station needed to be built on the land and the cable diverted before the site could be transferred to the authority.
Amanda Newbold, assistant director for education and skills at North Yorkshire Council, told a Harrogate and Knaresborough area committee on Thursday that work was still progressing on resolving those matters.
She said:
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