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06

Aug 2020

Last Updated: 06/08/2020
Harrogate
Harrogate

Decision to refuse 46 homes in Killinghall overturned on appeal

by Thomas Barrett

| 06 Aug, 2020
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46 homes will be built in Killinghall after the government's Planning Inspectorate overturned a decision by Harrogate Borough Council to refuse the plans.

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Almost 50 new homes will be built on the edge of Killinghall after the government's Planning Inspectorate overturned a decision by Harrogate Borough Council to refuse the plans.

In October 2018, HBC's planning committee rejected the application from Linden Homes because it said the development would harm the appearance of the area and that residents will be forced to use their cars because of a lack of more sustainable options.

The council had also warned that trees covered by tree preservation orders (TPO) may have to be removed due to their proximity to some of the proposed 46 homes.

The homes will be built opposite Pharmall animal food store on Otley Road, close to the junction of the A59 and B6161. The site is not designated for development within HBC's Local Plan.




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Killinghall is one of Harrogate's main pressure points for new housing and land to the north and east of the site has planning permission for around 345 homes.

However, inspector John Dowsett disagreed with the conclusions of HBC's planners and said the Linden Homes development "should be perceived as an extension" to an already built-up area on the edge of town.

He added that the homes would not harm the appearance of the area because the existing field is the result of a nineteenth-century division of a larger field and "does not reflect the original, historic, field layout".

Mr Dowsett also dismissed concerns that any trees with TPOs would have to be removed.