Harrogate Borough Council is under increasing pressure from residents and green groups after their proposals to deal with thousands of new homes on the west side of Harrogate were denounced - despite its intention to help bring order to the massive wave of individual planning applications as part of the biggest urban expansion the Harrogate district has seen for decades.
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New Starbucks drive-thru? The old dentist building in Harrogate whose future has sparked so much controversy. (Picture Gerard Binks)
After previously rejecting controversial plans for a Starbucks drive-thru on Wetherby Road three times, the decision this week by councillors not to continue the fight at a forthcoming appeal has raised questions over how planning now operates.
The U-turn follows recent planning setbacks for Harrogate council at the appeal stage, which included defeat over £40m plans for a new motorway service station near Boroughbridge on the A1(M) and defeat over plans for 149 new homes at Kingsley Farm in Harrogate.