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Dec 2023
Last Updated: 19/12/2023
Business Breakfast: Contractor appointed to build 37 affordable homes in Ripon
The boundaries of the Hutton Bank site in Ripon.
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The contract to build 37 affordable homes at the Old Goods Yard on Hutton Bank in Ripon has been awarded to a York company.
Yorkshire Housing has appointed York Science Park-based NuSpace Homes to construct the mixed-tenure homes on the site, which was previously home to warehouses used by companies such as Millennium Windows and Power Plastics.
The scheme will provide 37 homes for rent, rent to buy and shared ownership and is being supported by grant funding from Homes England.
Yorkshire Housing is the biggest housing association based solely in Yorkshire, and owns and manages around 20,000 homes across the region, including older people's accommodation and homes for low-cost rent.
Outline planning permission for the Hutton Bank site was granted in 2021 by Harrogate Borough Council, which was replaced by North Yorkshire Council in April this year.
The site is in an area that is deemed as having high housing demand, and at the time outline planning was approved Harrogate Borough Council said the proposed development would help “regenerate a gateway site in one of the District’s main settlements".
Demolition of the existing vacant buildings is set to start soon, and construction of the homes is due to start early in the new year.
Sian Webster, director of development at Yorkshire Housing, said:
“We’re really pleased to be working alongside NuSpace Homes to deliver these quality new homes.
“This development will regenerate a disused brownfield site and give more people the chance to have a place they’re proud to call home.
“There’s a need for more affordable homes across Yorkshire, and this scheme takes us a step closer to reaching our target of building 8,000 new homes across the county.”
It is hoped that the first homes will be ready to move into early in 2025, and the site will be completed by December the same year.
Charity given cash from financial services profits
A charity based in Harrogate has received a £1,000 Christmas gift from the Benefact Group.
The British Thyroid Foundation, which is based at Hornbeam Park, was nominated to win a share of £120,000 by members of the public as part of the Benefact Group’s annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign.
Founded in 1887, the Gloucester-based Benefact Group is an international group of financial services businesses that gives all available profits to charities and good causes.
The British Thyroid Foundation, which supports people to live better with thyroid disease, was one of two causes chosen for Benefact Group awards in North Yorkshire; the other was Fulford St Oswald's C E Primary School Parent Teacher Association.
Mark Hews, group chief executive of Benefact Group, said:
“We are thrilled to be giving £120,000 to 120 fantastic charitable causes across the country and I’d like to thank every single North Yorkshire resident that took the time to nominate a charity close to their hearts. We know that £1,000 can make a huge difference to the incredible work that charities do and we’re looking forward to seeing how this financial boost will change lives for the better.
“Benefact Group is the third largest corporate donor in the UK and has an ambition to be the biggest. Owned by a charity, Benefact Trust, all of its available profits go to good causes, and the more the Group grows, the more the Group can give.”
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