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A photo of the Camp 53 site as it looks today, which was submitted with the application.

New plans to build housing on site of former prisoner of war hostel
New plans have been submitted to redevelop a former Second World War prisoner of war hostel after previous proposals were rejected.

Summer blooms at RHS Harlow Carr Garden in Harrogate last year. PIC: Jonathan Gawthorpe

The challenges rural services face are unique - Carl Les

Mayor of Harrogate, Councillor Chris Aldred, wearing the valuable chain.

Mayor’s chain too valuable to be worn without bodyguard

David Bown, Harrogate Theatre’s chief executive and co-writer of Dick Whittington. (Pic credit: Bruce Rollinson)

Harrogate Theatre: History of theatre that has withstood 125 years of drama

Harrogate Spring Water on Harlow Moor Road, Harrogate, pictured in 2017. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Harrogate MP claims council has cash motive to give water site go-ahead

Houses under construction on a housing development. PIC: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

The barriers that must be overcome to get homes built - Carl Les

Flooding in Knaresborough in May last year. Photo: Mark Robinson/LDRS.

Knaresborough: Blocked drains ‘not responsible for flooding’

Two parcels of land near Flaxby, Harrogate, have been put up for consideration in North Yorkshire Council’s new Local Plan

New proposals for former golf course near Harrogate

The Harrogate Convention Centre pictured in 2023. PIC: Gerard Binks

Axing of rural grant doesn’t take into account high costs we face - Carl Les

A new housing development on Whinney Lane, Harrogate, in 2021. Picture Gerard Binks

480 homes set for approval weeks after 224 houses given green light on same site

Derelict Skellbank petrol station

'Eyesore' petrol station could be demolished to make way for new apartments

The works will cost £200,000 with resources allocated by the now-abolished Harrogate Borough Council.

Yorkshire council to spend £200,000 resurfacing popular Harrogate route

Ripon's Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre. Photo: Harrogate Borough Council.

Ripon leisure centre: Council approves spending another £2m on ground works

Ripon Leisure Centre. Credit - Stanley Mackintosh

‘They completely knacked it up’: Former council criticised over leisure centre

One of the historic buildings at Ripon Barracks

Bid to save historic military buildings from development at barracks

North Yorkshire County Council was created a year ago today

One year on from the creation of North Yorkshire County Council

Rowan Green Developments Ltd

Plans for 135 homes at former Harrogate farm recommended for approval

Harrogate Convention Centre.

Designs for planned £49m redevelopment in Harrogate will be finished this month

Harrogate Convention Centre.

Government could help fund £49m redevelopment of Harrogate Convention Centre

The plan for the Maltkiln development

Council to submit plans for 4,000-home town near Yorkshire villages next month

Harrogate Turkish Baths are part of North Yorkshire Council's estate but run by a private contractor

Yorkshire leisure centres to be taken back under council control
North Yorkshire Council will overhaul the way leisure centres are run across the county by bringing them in-house.
Thomas Barrett

There are some big problems to be solved at North Yorkshire Council in 2024

The four biggest decisions for first full year of new North Yorkshire Council

Flaxby

Councillors refuse plan to build four environmentally-friendly homes

Debenhams in Harrogate

Debenhams building in Harrogate set to become apartments

The Environment Agency says a massive increase in housebuilding across Harrogate and Knaresborough is worsening pollution in the River Nidd.

Glut of housebuilding in Harrogate worsening Nidd raw sewage problem

The Skellbank petrol station has been derelict for 20 years

Long-awaited plan to build flats on 'eyesore' petrol station set to return

Knaresborough flats. Photo: Estate agents Dacre, Son & Hartley.

Council blunder leads to addresses of child asylum seekers being published

Ripon Spa Baths (1).

Ripon Spa Baths could become commercial space with new apartments

Matt Walker, Knaresborough West.

Yorkshire councillor ‘disgusted’ at council’s job ad with £82,000 salary

Harrogate Convention Centre.

Levelling Up bid for the redevelopment of Harrogate’s convention centre failed

The Ripon Spa Bowling Green Club in Ripon Spa Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire, established in 1923 has just celebrated it's centenary. Members at the club are unsure if the club will reach it's 101 birthday after groups of youths keep damaging the surface by playing rugby, riding their bikes and littering. PIC: James Hardisty

Why is the council making it difficult for Ripon lawn bowls club? - YP Letters

The Ripon Spa Bowling Green Club in Ripon Spa Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire, established in 1923 has just celebrated it's centenary. Members at the club are unsure if the club will reach it's 101 birthday after groups of youths keep damaging the surface by playing rugby, riding their bikes and littering. The club are wanting a boundary hedge to be planted around the green which they willing to maintain to protect their club from furthermore acts of vandalism so far the local council have refused. Pictured Lawrence Ireland, the mens club captain. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 25th July 2023.

Historic lawn bowls club in North Yorkshire claims council is 'killing' it off
After a century not out of playing lawn bowls in Ripon Spa Gardens, members of the town's Bowling Club should have much to celebrate.
Alexandra Wood

Credit - Kebbell Homes

Fierce objections by 127 people to 23-home Bishop Monkton scheme

County Hall, Northallerton

Council set to buy 11 homes for Afghan refugees in Harrogate area

New apartment building in Pannal

Pannal’s controversial ‘skyscraper’ begins to take shape

Harrogate residents ‘outraged’ that crunch planning meeting was not live streamed

Residents who opposed 53-home development in Harrogate slam council

According to the website Bishop Monkton Yesterday, the first mention of the pub in a newspaper article was in 1833.

200-year old Harrogate village pub to be converted into homes

Developer Jomast wants to build homes at Knox Lane in Bilton

Dispute over homes plan for Yorkshire site which was part of railway

This map shows how the development boundaries have had to be amended

Major Yorkshire housing development scaled down as landowner decides not to sell

After years of preparation, a new unitary council for North Yorkshire is set to finally launch on Saturday.

The new North Yorkshire council launches on Saturday – what will change?

The Harrogate council deputy leader has criticised Gary Lineker and the BBC before accepting £2m to help refugees

Councillor criticises Gary Lineker before accepting £2m to house refugees

Harrogate Spring Water says it is reviewing plans to expand its bottling plant ahead of a new planning application

Harrogate Spring Water ‘reviewing plans’ to expand bottling plant

A councillor has called for a pause in housebuilding in Harrogate while work on a new Local Plan for the whole of North Yorkshire is drawn up.

Councillor calls for pause in housebuilding in Harrogate

Rudding Park from the air.

Rudding Park reveals plans to create Yorkshire's first five-star country club

Plans to build 1,300 homes at Ripon’s army barracks approved

Plans to build 1,300 homes at Ripon’s army barracks approved

Imitating the Dog’s Macbeth is on at Harrogate Theatre February 24 – 25

Column: Keep supporting the arts - David Bown, Harrogate Theatre

Harrogate's former Post Office

Historic former post office in Yorkshire to be converted into 11 apartments

Ripon Cathedral

Local businesses face battle with historic cathedral over £6m expansion

Plans for more than 50 new houses in Knox Lane, Harrogate, have been deferred

Plans to build houses on former railway site delayed over contamination fears

Members of Kingsley Ward Action Group wearing campaign T-shirts outside Harrogate Civic Centre in a protest against the new Persimmon housing development. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Battle of Kingsley Drive: How residents reacted after 162 more homes approved

How the Tesco in Harrogate could look

New Tesco superstore on site of old Yorkshire gasworks is a decade in the making

RHS Harlow Carr

RHS Harlow Carr pays Harrogate Council 'significant sum' to divert footpath

Bernard Bateman MBE

Tributes paid to former Yorkshire mayor who 'wasn't your typical politician'

A community-led housing scheme in Masham has been awarded £150,000 by Harrogate Borough Council

Community-led affordable housing scheme in Yorkshire wins £150,000 funding

Plans for the site at Kingsley Farm

More homes set to be built on the site of former chicken farm in Yorkshire

To say 2022 has been eventful is an understatement.

Column: Andrew Jones MP - 2022 has been a tough year for most

Plans submitted for huge Yorkshire solar farm that could power 3,000 homes

Plans submitted for huge Yorkshire solar farm that could power 3,000 homes

How the new Tesco in Harrogate would look

Tesco and Co-op locked in battle over bid to build new supermarket in Yorkshire

The stylish kithen

This house in central Harrogate has had a gorgeous makeover

But is what you put out always recycled?
(Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Column: Richard Cooper, Leader of Harrogate Borough Council on what happens to ...

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