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Dec 2020
North Yorkshire County Council's housing company has been granted planning permission to build 20 homes in Pateley Bridge.
The council-owned former Highways Depot on Millfield Street will be demolished to make way for the development, which will be called Millwright Park.
It will include six two-bedroom, two three-bedroom and 12 four-bedroom properties.
The homes will all have an electric vehicle charging point and will include 37 car parking spaces in total.
Four of the homes will be classed as affordable, which has received criticism.
Because the depot was derelict, Brierley Homes was able to use a Vacant Building Credit (VBC) to reduce the number of affordable homes in the development from five to four.
The VBC is a planning mechanism to encourage developers to bring vacant properties back into use and can be used to reduce the number of affordable homes.
Pateley Bridge Town Council submitted an objection to the plans, saying the homes will be out of reach for young people.
Karl Battersby, chairman of Brierley Homes, said:
Construction on the homes will begin early next year.
The site in Pateley Bridge was originally a railway depot for the defunct Nidderdale Valley Light Railway, before being used by the council from the mid-1950s.
Brierley Homes was established in 2017 by North Yorkshire County Council. All profits are used to support frontline council services in the county.
Last month, Brierley Homes was granted planning permission to demolish its Woodfield House care home in Harrogate to build 20 new homes.
The council received criticism from Harrogate Civic Society because none of the homes will be classed as affordable, after Brierley applied for a Vacant Building Credit.
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