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Oct 2021
Harrogate Starbucks: no agreement on appeal costs
Euro Garages, the developer behind the Starbucks on Wetherby Road, was awarded appeal costs against Harrogate Borough Council after it refused the proposal. However, the sum has yet to be agreed.
The site of the former dental surgery on Wetherby Road, which has since been demolished.
No agreement has been reached over the appeal costs for a new Starbucks drive-thru on Harrogate’s Wetherby Road.
Euro Garages, the developer behind the coffee shop, took Harrogate Borough Council to appeal over its decision to refuse the proposal.
The government’s Planning Inspector approved the development in July and also awarded costs against the council.
Euro Garages said the authority “demonstrated unreasonable behaviour” when refusing the application.
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However, a spokesperson for the council said an agreement had yet to be reached over appeal costs.
In May, council bosses decided not to challenge the appeal over concerns that losing risked legal costs of over £50,000.
Work on the drive-thru has since started and diggers have moved in to demolish the former dental surgery which will make way for the Starbucks.
When complete, there will be a coffee shop with 19 car parking spaces close to the Woodlands junction on the busy road.
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