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Oct
New details revealed about possible 1,100-home new town in Killinghall
More details have been revealed about a major 1,100-home housing scheme on the edge of Harrogate.
Land agent Hallam Land is considering a formal application to build the homes, as well as a primary school, local centre consisting of shops and services and a small employment zone next to Saltergate Business Park.
The development, which would be 182 acres, would take place on land to the east of Burley Bank Road and west of Oaker Bank.
The site is in Killinghall parish, but because of its proximity to Harrogate, Hallam Land gave more details about the scheme and answered questions at a Harrogate Town Council planning meeting on Wednesday (October 21),
Representatives from Hallam Land at the Harrogate Town Council planning meeting.
Adam Masters, senior land and planning manager at Hallam, and other members of the company gave a presentation to councillors, which gave more information on access, transport and scale of the development.
The scheme is expected to include four points of access, including a three-arm roundabout off Oaker Bank and a right-turn ghost island on the eastern boundary.
Mr Masters said the development will also include 1.4 hectares of employment land near to Saltergate Business Park, a two-form entry primary school and a 0.3 hectare parcel of land to be used as a local centre and other retail uses.
He said:
The idea there is to locate retail uses on the front of the site. The occupiers require roadside frontage, so it’s not just those living on the site it’s also those driving past it that can benefit.
The site is expected to include 40% open space for residents, Mr Masters said.
A site layout for the scheme at Burley Bank Road. Picture: Hallam Land.
Meanwhile, Matt Rudman, who is advising Hallam on transport matters, said the site would promote “sustainable transport patterns” on the site, including walking and cycling.
Mr Rudman said Hallam was also in discussions with North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority about extending and diverting the number 4 bus route into the scheme to serve residents.
He said:
The initial dialogue has been around the potential extension and diversion of the number 4 bus service. The discussions have involved the diversion through the site on an east to west movement from Oaker Bank to Burley Bank Road.
A reduction in the speed limit on Oaker Bank and Burley Bank Road from 60mph to 50mph is also to be proposed.
Planning application
Mark Johnson, of Johnson Mowatt Planning, which is representing Hallam on the scheme, said the developer was also promoting the land through the North Yorkshire Local Plan at the same time as putting forward a planning application.
Mr Johnson said the reason why Hallam were bringing forward a planning application first was because the local plan — which will determine where development can take place in North Yorkshire — was still being drawn up.
North Yorkshire Council is not expected to have an up-to-date local plan until December 2029.
Mr Johnson said:
We’re very mindful that the North Yorkshire Local Plan is a number of years away. I do not have to remind members of the council that currently Harrogate council and the wider North Yorkshire Council have got a significant shortfall of mixed immediate housing land supply.
Hence the reason why we are bringing it forward as a planning application and, at the same time, promoting it through the plan.
An outline planning application for the scheme is expected to be submitted to North Yorkshire Council at the end of November.
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