Approval secured for North Yorkshire employment development

Planning permission has been secured for a North Yorkshire employment development with the potential to support about 2,000 jobs.Opus North and Bridges Fund Management have secured planning permission from Harrogate Borough Council for the Harrogate 47 development, which will comprise more than 600,000 sq ft of employment space on a 45-acre site near Harrogate.In October 2020 Opus North and Bridges acquired the strategic site, located at J47 of the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, with existing planning consent for more than 600,000 sq ft of development for employment uses.The latest planning approval covers a revised masterplan incorporating a BREEAM ‘Excellent’, low-carbon development with employment space for office, hi-tech/hybrid and logistics uses, as well as amenity uses, within a well-landscaped environment.The development team has appointed contractor GMI to begin enabling and infrastructure works with immediate effect, with the development set to begin taking shape this year.Appointed industrial agents for Harrogate 47 are CBRE and Gent Visick, with the office enquiries directed to the office agency teams at CBRE and Knight Frank.