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Sept 2021
Final approval for 135 homes in Killinghall
A plan to build 135 homes in Killinghall has been given final approval.
Harrogate Borough Council has granted permission for the scheme, which was submitted back in 2017.
The homes will be built off Otley Road, before the junction with the A59 Skipton Road.
Approval was given after the council agreed a section 106 with Leeds-based Home Group.
The agreement will see 50 homes classed as affordable built on the site.
Of these, 34 will be made available to rent, including one, two, three and four-bed properties. Another 16 will be offered as part of a shared ownership scheme.
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The remaining homes will be sold on the open market.
The agreement also includes the “ongoing management and maintenance” of public open space at the development.
Following submission of the proposals, Killinghall Parish Council offered no objection to the plan.
However, it raised concern that access to the site from Otley Road would create a "rat run" through to Skipton Road.
A statement put before the council by planning agents Lichfield and Partners on behalf of the developer said the scheme would bring economic benefits to the area.
It said:
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