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Nov 2021
22 affordable homes proposed for Staveley
A total of 22 affordable homes have been proposed to be built in Staveley by developer Jack Lunn Properties.
The company hopes to build three one-bedroom, 13 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom homes in the village, which has a population of 430 and is between Boroughbridge and Knaresborough,
The rural site is not allocated for development in the Harrogate district Local Plan 2014-35, which outlines where planning will take place.
But the application has been brought forward through a rural exception scheme, which allows councils to grant planning permission for affordable housing in the open countryside if a developer can prove there is a need for it.
A planning document lodged with Harrogate Borough Council cites affordable housing figures that show a shortfall in the number of new affordable houses built over the last five years.
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