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May 2023
'Summary' of never-published £85,000 Ripon regeneration plan to be released
North Yorkshire Council is set to produce a “summary document” for a long-delayed project which aimed to present a new vision for Ripon.
The Ripon Renewal scheme was set up to produce a masterplan for the regeneration of the city.
The former Harrogate Borough Council commissioned Bauman Lyons Architects to draw up the vision at a cost of £85,000 in 2021.
The company was tasked with producing funding options and a business case for Ripon to bid for money for regeneration projects.
However, the project failed to produce a blueprint for the city some two-and-a-half years after it started.
Officials at North Yorkshire Council, which has since taken over the scheme, said an agreement could not be reached with the contractor after talks to extend the contract.
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When the Stray Ferret asked for an update on the status of the Ripon Renewal scheme, Nic Harne, corporate director for community development at the council, said it remained committed to regenerating Ripon, adding:
Councillors in Ripon previously described the delay in the scheme as “absolute nonsense”.
At a council meeting in March, Cllr Andrew Williams, who represents Ripon Minster and Moorside on North Yorkshire Council, said:
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