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Apr 2022
Developers lodge plan for 49 homes at Kingsley Farm
Developers have lodged plans to build 49 homes on Kingsley Farm in Harrogate.
Quarterly Kingsley Ltd has submitted the plan for the north and north east of the site off Kingsley Road.
It comes as the area has seen multiple planning applications lodged to build houses on Kingsley Farm, including a proposal for 181 homes by Persimmon Homes.
The latest proposal would include 20 homes allocated as affordable housing.
The developer said in a planning statement submitted to Harrogate Borough Council that the scheme would help to offer a “sense of place”.
It said:
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The borough council will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
The latest proposal comes as residents in Kingsley have voiced their objection to more housing developments in the area.
In February, 100 residents packed into St Andrew’s Church in Starbeck for a meeting on a scheme to build 181 homes off Kingsley Road.
Three Persimmon employees attended, as did two highways consultants and a planning consultant, Paul Butler, who spoke on behalf of the developer.
Mr Butler told residents that the site is allocated for development in the Harrogate district Local Plan, a council document that outlines where new housing schemes can be built until 2034.
However, John Hansard, from Kingsley Ward Action Group, said residents “will fight tooth and nail” to stop it from happening.
He said:
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