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Apr 2023
600-home Harrogate housing scheme to get shop and community centre
North Yorkshire Council has approved plans to build a shop and community centre at the 600-home King Edwin Park scheme on Penny Pot Lane in Harrogate.
The development by Persimmon Homes is one of the largest housing projects to be built in Harrogate for many years.
It’s being constructed in stages with outline plans first given the go-ahead by Harrogate Borough Council in 2015.
As part of the original approval, the developer agreed to build retail and community facilities that residents can use.
Planning documents state the shop will be 201 square metres, which is a similar size to a small convenience store run by national supermarket chains. The community centre will connect to the shop and have a floorspace of 121 square metres.
They will be built to the east of the site where homes have already been put up.
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A new footpath link will be created to connect residents living at King Edwin Park.
The developer says it will plant flowers, trees and hedges amongst wildflowers and grassland around the new building.
It will also include 12 car parking bays and 12 cycle spaces. This is higher than what the guidance suggests but it the developer says it wants to avoid shoppers parking on pavements and inconveniencing residents.
Solar panels will be placed on the roof to generate renewable energy.
Planning documents state:
The Local Democracy Reporting Service asked Persimmon Homes if it has a tenant for the retail unit but we did not receive a response by the time of publication.
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