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05
Mar
A Kirby Hill resident has raised concerns after a 34-acre plot of land described as a potential housing development opportunity was listed for sale.
The arable land, located east of Leeming Lane in the village near Boroughbridge, has been advertised for sale by property consultants Carter Jonas.
The land is not currently allocated for development under the existing Harrogate district Local Plan 2014-35, which outlines where development can take place.
But Harrogate Borough Council, which devised the plan, ceased to exist last year and successor authority North Yorkshire Council is drawing up a revised Local Plan.
The new council has said drawing up a new plan is likely to take another four years and is expected to issue a call for sites, in which landowners can request their land be included, shortly.
Carter Jonas has marketed the site as a “prime residential development opportunity” in its sale brochure.
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