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Jul
Setback for 130-home plan in Killinghall
A land agent behind plans to build 130 homes in Killinghall has been told it needs to produce an environmental impact assessment before the scheme can proceed.
Sheffield-based Hallam Land revealed this month it planned to submit an application for the homes, as well as a health centre and school parking, on behalf of a local landowner.
A 6.82-hectare field at the junction of Otley Road and Grainbeck Lane would accommodate the development.
Hallam Land applied to North Yorkshire Council for a screening opinion to establish whether an environmental impact assessment, which evaluates the effects of a major development on the environment, was required.
Hallam Land claimed the assessment was not required but, in a decision published last week, council case officer Emma Walsh disagreed.
Her public report, which is available on the council website, concluded:
Officers consider that the potential impact upon the site and the receiving environment are sufficient to require an environmental impact assessment. This judgement has been made on the basis of the information submitted by the applicants, consultation responses to the screening request, the EIA Regulations 2017 and advice in the National Planning Police Guidance.
Hallam Land's site map
Environmental impact assessments can take months to complete, which could delay plans for the development.
Killinghall has been without a GP practice since the site run by Moss Healthcare Harrogate on Ripon Road closed in October last year.
Moss Healthcare Harrogate, which also has practices in Harrogate and Jennyfields, has confirmed it is interested in returning to the village, but added it “would need funding and the approval of our local integrated care board”.
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