Scope 25A High Street Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0ET
Approved on 13 November 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use to floors 1, 2 & 3 from commercial to residential ( 3 Flats)
- Received
- 2 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Knaresborough West
- Agent
- Balance Architecture
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation16 Nov
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 225 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Scope 25A High Street Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0ET. Harrogate has handled 5,591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 225 days, 25 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Knaresborough conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Knaresborough West. We hold 606 applications in total for the HG5 postcode area.
90% of full applications at Harrogate were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- HG5 0ET
- Application type
- Full permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Knaresborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Balance Architecture
- Agent address
- Mr David Scott 29 Grange Avenue Harrogate HG1 2AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 226 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Knaresborough
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Harrogate
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