A FORMER bus depot, which was turned into an electronic football game centre, has now been given permission to be used as a carpet showroom and car park.

The retail outlet at Gobal Stadium, Park Street, Ripon, is the one-time home of buses owned by the United Automobile Co Ltd.

Harrogate Borough Council planners have imposed conditions on the project.

Within six months of the permission, a scheme for accommodating all vehicles must be prepared.

Meanwhile, the council has ruled that no permanent development must take place within an area of land between existing and proposed roadway boundaries.

The application was tabled by Bill Calvert.