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17
Aug
Another 133 homes set to be built off Harrogate’s Skipton Road
Plans to build 133 homes off Harrogate’s Skipton Road have been recommended for final approval.
The scheme includes 53 affordable homes and would see £1.1 million awarded to local schools, with £543,049 of that sum allocated to Killinghall Church of England Primary School.
But Killinghall Parish Council, which is among those objecting, has cited concerns about harming the landscape and more traffic on roads.
North Yorkshire Council granted outline planning permission to build up to 135 homes at Cow Dyke Farm, Skipton Road, in July 2024.
But developer Miller Homes and Leeds housing association Home Group cannot proceed until their reserved matters application, covering access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, is also approved.
North Yorkshire Council case officer Helen Goulden has recommended the council’s Harrogate and Knaresborough planning committee gives the go-ahead when it meets on Tuesday next week (August 25).
It is now up to the seven councillors on the Liberal Democrat-controlled committee to decide whether to accept or reject Ms Goulden’s advice.
Her report to councillors, which you can read here, says:
The benefit of providing 133 dwellings, including 53 affordable homes, on an allocated site makes a valuable contribution to the delivery of housing. With conditions and planning obligations in place, there would be no significant harm created by the development that would outweigh the social, economic and environmental benefits of the scheme.
Where the homes will be built.
Cow Dyke Farm
The one- to five-bedroom homes would be built on two fields, one of which contains buildings associated with the former Cow Dyke Farm.
The Cow Dyke farmhouse and its courtyard is a nondesignated heritage asset, which will be retained as part of the scheme.
The two-storey homes would consist of terraced, semi-detached and detached properties, all with gardens, private parking and electric vehicle charging points.
The main access would be from two points to the north and east of Malham Drive.
Some residents claim Malham Drive and nearby roads are too narrow and congested to cope with the extra volume of traffic.
But Ms Goulden says “analysis has been undertaken to demonstrate that vehicles, including refuse vehicles, can safely and satisfactorily manoeuvre within the site”.
She recommends granting approval subject to 36 conditions and a Section 106 legal agreement, which is a legal document detailing what developers must pay for the impact of homes on local infrastructure.
The payments include:
£184,663 for off-site public open space enhacements
£170,324 for on-site open space provision
£154,836 to fund work at Moss Healthcare in Jennyfields and/or as a contribution towards the primary care network
£1,126,936 for education, including £543,049 towards Killinghall Church of England Primary School and £388,388 towards Harrogate Grammar School, Rossett School and Harrogate High School
£86,887 on special educational needs provision
£108,609 on early years provision
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the Civic Centre on St Luke’s Avenue in Harrogate, at 2pm. It will also be broadcast live on the council’s YouTube page.
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