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    Nov 2020

    Last Updated: 16/11/2020
    Housing
    Housing

    Harrogate care home to be demolished and replaced with 19 homes

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 16 Nov, 2020
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    Harrogate Borough Council says people in Bilton welcome plans to replace the former Woodfield House with homes because the derelict care home attracts anti-social behaviour.

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    A former care home in Harrogate is to be demolished to make way for 19 homes.

    Harrogate Borough Council has granted North Yorkshire County Council, which ran the home, permission to demolish Woodfield House on Woodfield Square in Bilton.

    The county council will build the new homes through its housing company, Brierley Homes.

    The new development will include 11 two-bedroom, six three-bedroom and two four-bedroom homes.

    The 28-bed care home was built in the 1970s but closed in 2018 because it was deemed no longer able to deliver the required standard of care.



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    A Harrogate Borough Council report said the derelict care home had become a hub for anti-social behaviour.

    It said:

    "It is now becoming an eye-sore for local residents and they are experiencing increasing anti-social behaviour. There appears to be local acceptance of the proposed scheme and a desire for the site to be re-developed quickly."


    Brierley Homes was established in 2017 by North Yorkshire County Council. All profits are used to support essential frontline council services in the county.

    This will be the company's second major project in the Harrogate district. It also plans to build 20 homes in Pateley Bridge.