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Mar 2021
Final approval for 80-home Green Hammerton scheme
Harrogate Borough Council has given final approval to an 80-home housing development in Green Hammerton.
Leeds-based developer Loxley Homes was granted outline planning permission to build the homes in January 2019.
Today the council’s planning committee considered a reserved matters application that dealt with the design and layout of the site.
Five councillors voted to approve the plans, three voted to refuse and three abstained.
The development, which will include 32 affordable houses, faced fierce opposition within the village, with 229 objections and none supporting.
Chris Chelton, co-chair of the Keep Green Hammerton Green action group, spoke to councillors and cited an objection from Historic England.
The public body said the views towards York’s skyline were some of Green Hammerton’s 'most precious but fragile qualities'.
Mr Chelton added:
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Ann Myatt, Conservative councillor for Ouseburn, objected to the plans and also revealed that Conservative Selby & Ainsty MP Nigel Adams had intervened and written to committee members about the proposals.
Responding to comments that there are too many homes in the development, the agent Roger Rippon, speaking on behalf of Loxley Homes, said:
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