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Mar 2023
Harrogate district villagers demonstrate against 73-home scheme
Villagers in Staveley demonstrated last weekend against a planned scheme for 73 homes near a nature reserve.
Thomas Alexander Homes, which is based in Leeds, has tabled the proposal to Harrogate Borough Council for land off Minskip Road near to Staveley Nature Reserve.
The plan would see a mixture of one, two, three, four and five-bedroom houses built in the village, which is between Knaresborough and Boroughbridge. The developer has also earmarked 40% of the homes as affordable.
However, residents armed with placards took to the village green on Saturday to protest against the plan which they say would be “utter madness”.
Graham Bowland, from Staveley Residents Action Group, said residents had also written to the council to object to the scheme.
He said:
The portal, which allows people to comment on planning applications, was down for over a week until last week.
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Residents previously raised objections at a village hall meeting this month.
The developer said in its plans the site represented a “logical extension” to the village.
It said:
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