Harrogate Borough Council

Harrogate News 8th March 2024

West Yorkshire Combined Authority to be asked for final funding approval for Harrogate Station Gateway

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority will be asked to approve the full business cases at its meeting on Thursday next week (14 March 14), bringing the total award to £38.3 million with additional funding provided by North Yorkshire Council. The Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) projects, which are due to cost a total of £44.6 million to enhance access to transport hubs in all three towns, have already been approved by the Department for Transport (DfT).   North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for highways and transport, Cllr Keane Duncan, said: We welcome the Combined Authority’s proposal to support the transformative, revised
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Harrogate News 14th September 2023

Petition around EV Charge Point installation in Knaresborough divides Area Constituency Committee

Harrogate and Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee have received a paper petition around EV charging provision in Knaresborough. In summary the petition is asking for debate around the use of central parking spaces for EV charging spaces, they say that The petition stated: We, the undersigned, being the businesses, residents and visitors to Knaresborough, regret the timing, location and lack of engagement undertaken in the installation of ten EV charging points in our Town Centre short stay car park. We therefore call upon North Yorkshire Council to enter into urgent dialogue to discuss a phased transition to full electric vehicle provision Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 18th April 2023

Harrogate Charter Mayor appointed

Cllr Harrison, the local member for Killinghall, Hampsthwaite and Saltergate division has been appointed the Charter Mayor for Harrogate. The non-political role and will involve, attending ceremonial and civic occasions, such as Remembrance events. He was appointed following a vote of the charter trustees of Harrogate. The charter trustees were established on 1 April 2023 when Harrogate Borough Council, including the role of the borough’s mayor which dates back to 1884, was abolished, along with the county council and the county’s other six borough and district councils, to be replaced by North Yorkshire Council. The trustees are made up of Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 17th February 2023

Knox Lane development in Harrogate deferred pending more reports

A Harrogate Borough Council Planning Committee have asked for more reports on a development of 53 homes, near to Knox Lane in Harrogate. The plans were deferred from October 2022, for 5 reasons, reasons that the agent for the developers, Jomast, says have now been satisfied. The site is opposite the Old Saw Mill, next to the Old Barber Estate. Concerns were raised again around ground contamination due to part of the site being a former rail track, and that contamination tests had been performed in the area of the tracks. There was discussion around the wildlife on the site, Harrogate Informer …