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Town council objects to 83-home plan in Harrogate
Harrogate Town Council has objected to plans for 83 homes off Whinney Lane.
Property consultants Carter Jonas lodged the proposals to North Yorkshire Council on behalf of Quarters Life Ltd, which is based in Kettlesing, in April.
The move would see the homes built on land east of Whinney Lane, near to the Squinting Cat pub.
The site, known as H70 in the Harrogate District Local Plan, spans to 4.59 hectares and has an “indicative yield” of 230 homes, according to the proposals.
Councillors on Harrogate Town Council’s planning committee voted to object to the plan at a meeting at Harrogate Civic Centre on Wednesday (October 29).
Cllr Mark Warr, a Liberal Democrat who represents Pannal ward, said he had concern over access and the impact of residential amenity.
He added:
The access is difficult and the road is very narrow. There is also an impact on local residents. It would be very tight against those properties.
Cllr Elizabeth Jackson, Conservative councillor for Oatlands ward, described the access arrangement at the site as “appalling”.
Councillors voted to object to the plan on the grounds that it would be an “unsuitable proposal”, principally due to access.
North Yorkshire Council will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
West of Harrogate
The site would form one of a number of developments which are expected to bring 4,000 new homes to the west of Harrogate.
Multiple schemes are being built or awaiting planning permission in the area, including schemes on Otley Road, Whinney Lane and Yew Tree Lane.
Much of the housing was earmarked for the area in the Harrogate District Local Plan, which assessed a need for 16,077 new homes in the district up to 2035.
It means the west of Harrogate was projected to take nearly a quarter of the entire district's housing need.
However, a new North Yorkshire Local Plan, which will supersede the Harrogate plan, is currently being drawn and will identify land to accommodate new homes, jobs and associated infrastructure in the region over the next 20 years.
Council officials are currently calling for sites to be put forward to be considered for the local plan from landowners, developers and site promoters. This is due to close at the end of November.
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