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Jan 2023
Knaresborough housing site should be reviewed under local plan, says councillor
A councillor has called for land earmarked for homes in Knaresborough to be reviewed under the council’s new housing plan.
North Yorkshire Council is set to draw up a new local plan when it comes into force in April. It will outline where development can take place across the Harrogate district over the next 30 years.
But Andy Bell, who sits on Knaresborough Town Council, has called for land at Water Lane in the town to be “questioned” after it was previously allocated for housing in Harrogate Borough Council’s Local Plan.
The site was subject to a 170-home proposal last year, but it was thrown out by the government’s Planning Inspectorate on appeal.
Cllr Bell, a Liberal Democrat who spoke against the application at the Inspectorate hearing, said the new council should “think again” on the development.
He said:
Read more:
- New Harrogate district housing plan should not be ‘tickbox exercise’, says councillor
- Government rejects plans to build 170 homes in Knaresborough
The Water Lane site is currently allocated for 148 homes under the current Harrogate district Local Plan 2014-2035.
The creation of a fresh local plan for North Yorkshire was agreed by senior councillors last month.
The new local plan will look ahead for a minimum of 15 years, and at least 30 years in relation to any larger scale developments, such as new settlements or significant urban extensions. It would encompass all areas of the county outside the national parks.
Conservative Cllr Simon Myers, executive councillor for growth and housing on the county council, said:
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