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Sept 2023
Plans to create flats above Harrogate store approved
North Yorkshire Council has approved a plan to convert the upper floors of a Harrogate shop into flats.
The application, which was lodged by York-based developer Andrew Farr, will see six flats created on West Park above the Elite Bridal store.
Mr Farr had previously withdrawn a plan for the site. However, council officials have now granted permission for development to go-ahead after he resubmitted proposals in June.
The decision increases the trend towards town centre living. In the last month alone, plans have been approved for a 17-bedroom aparthotel above the Oliver Bonas store on James Street and for the former Kings Club strip club on Oxford Street to be converted into 12 flats.
Now the upper floors of numbers 21a, 21 and 22 West Park can be converted. Access will also be made from a retail unit at 21a, which is occupied by Boho Chic and could be forced to close as a result.
A planning statement sent to the council in support of Mr Farr’s application says future residents of the flats would be able to apply for monthly or annual parking pass for West Park multi-storey car parking.
It adds the scheme would “enhance the vitality of the Harrogate town centre” and bring vacant floors back into use “without any identified harm to the character of the host building and the neighbouring Harrogate Conservation Area”.
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