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    Oct 2023

    Last Updated: 12/10/2023
    Environment
    Environment

    Developer appeals decision to refuse 23 homes in Bishop Monkton

    by Calvin Robinson Chief Reporter

    | 13 Oct, 2023
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    Site layout for the Bishop Monkton scheme.

    A developer has appealed a council decision to refuse plans for 23 homes in Bishop Monkton.

    Kebbell Development Ltd tabled a plan to build the houses on Knaresborough Road in the village.

    At a meeting of the Skipon and Ripon area constituency planning committee in August, councillors rejected the plan amid concern it would increase the amount of raw sewage released on streets.

    The decision went against North Yorkshire Council officers' recommendations to approve the scheme.

    One councillor said having more properties in the village could exacerbate the “abomination” of raw sewage being released into the streets during heavy rainfall.

    The committee had also called for Yorkshire Water to provide more detail on how the scheme would impact on foul water drainage in the village.

    No representative from the company appeared at the meeting.

    But the company said “most, if not all” of the “sewage escapes” in the village were caused by residents putting excessive toilet paper, fat, oil and grease down toilets and sinks which caused pipes to block.




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    The developer has now taken the decision to the government’s Planning Inspectorate, which deals with planning disputes.

    In a statement of case submitted to the inspector, Kebbell Development Ltd argued that there was no planning reason for the scheme to be refused.

    It said:

    “It is clear that the appeal proposals fully comply with the requirements of relevant policies contained within the development plan and there are no material considerations that indicate planning permission should not be granted.”


    The developer added:

    “The council have acted unreasonably in refusing planning permission.”


    A government planning inspector will make a decision on the plan at a later date.