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Ripon’s 1,300-home Clotherholme scheme: sums finalised for schools, GPs, sport and buses
The sums to be paid by the developer to compensate for the impact of the 1,300-home Clotherholme scheme in Ripon have been agreed.
Government agency Homes England has planning permission to build on 85 hectares of Ministry of Defence land accessed via Clotherholme Road to the south and Kirkby Road to the north.
The Ripon Barracks development will significantly increase Ripon's population and put extra pressure on services.
Homes England has now agreed terms to compensate for the impact of the development on local infrastructure through a legal document known as a Section 106 agreement.
The agreement, which was negotiated with North Yorkshire Council, includes the following terms:
- £1,945,084 to improve facilities at Outwood Academy and Ripon Grammar School.
- £1,067,194 to enhance healthcare capacity in Ripon to provide for the additional demand created by the development.
- £198,250 a year towards the provision of a bus route to serve the development. A sum of £130,000 had previously been suggested. Case officer Kate Broadbank's planning report says: “Whilst this is acknowledged to be a significant increase, it is based upon updated costs required to run the current RS1 service following procurement in 2023. The contribution would be payable for a maximum of eight years and would be reviewed after four years to determine if the service was financially viable, or whether additional funding by other Section 106 agreements was available; the contribution would be amended proportionally if required.”
- £100,000 to Ripon Military Heritage Trust for a strategy to preserve military heritage.
- £360,635 for improvements to Ripon Cricket Club, Sharow Cricket Club and Studley Royal Cricket Club, £307,547 for rugby union, £102,570 for hockey.
- £229,688 for a 3G pitch.
The proposed barracks development.
The agreement stipulates 1.8 hectares of land will be transferred for a two-form entry primary school, and the development will include a mixed-use local centre with, amongst other facilities, 60 care units and employment land.
It also says 30% of residential homes will be classed as affordable.
A travel plan will be agreed for each phase of the development.
Ms Broadbank said in the report:
The proposed development of Ripon Barracks is acceptable and accords with Harrogate District Local Plan policies and site requirements. The scheme will deliver a range of significant public benefits complying with the policies of the adopted Harrogate Local Plan, the aspirations of the Ripon Neighbourhood Plan and the NPPF.”
Ripon Barracks
No timescale on when work will start has been given.
Ripon Barracks remains an active Ministry of Defence site but is due to be decommissioned over the next few years.
The site is allocated as a strategic development site in the Local Plan, which outlines where development can take place, and comprises three separate allocations: Claro Barracks, Deverell Barracks and Laver Banks.
The Clotherholme planning application was approved by the council's strategic planning committee on May 14, 2024.
The committee approved the application subject to conditions and the completion of a Section 106 agreement, which has now been agreed.
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