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    Feb 2023

    Last Updated: 01/02/2023
    Environment
    Environment

    Developer withdraws plan for 55 retirement homes in Kirk Hammerton

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 02 Feb, 2023
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    Layout for the retirement homes in Kirk Hammerton.

    A developer has withdrawn plans for 55 retirement homes and a community hub in Kirk Hammerton.

    SageHaus Living, which is based in the Isle of Man, submitted the proposal to Harrogate Borough Council for land off Station Road in the village.

    The proposal would have seen 55 park homes built along with a hub, which would be open for the community to use for meetings and other activities.

    SageHause Living, which acquired the site known as Carlton Fields in 2021, said in documents submitted to the council that scheme would help bring more retirement accommodation to the district, while also being environmentally friendly.

    However, the developer has since withdrawn the application.



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    In a letter to the council from Kirk Hammerton Parish Council, the authority objected to the proposal on the grounds of highways, public transport and amenity concerns.

    It also added that it had concern that the plan was outside the development boundary.

    A visual of the community hub planned for the Kirk Hammerton site.



    The council said:

    “The majority of the land to be developed is outside the Development Limit shown in the current version of the Local Plan for the Harrogate district. 
    “There are some aspects of the proposals which, despite this, are attractive (the carbon neutral/negative nature of the development, the focus on retirement properties). 
    “There are, however, some disadvantages to the arguments put forward in the application to justify a development outside the permitted limits.”


    In a letter to the council, Spring Planning, agents for SageHause, said it wished to withdraw the proposal in order to consider comments made about the scheme.