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05
Nov 2021
Overgrown play area to be sold off for new housing for disabled people
A disused and overgrown play area in Harrogate is set to be sold off for part of a new housing development for disabled people.
The council-owned play area behind Disability Action Yorkshire’s Claro Road care home will be cleared to make way for three accommodation blocks if the sale and planning permission is agreed.
Members of Harrogate Borough Council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the sale for an undisclosed sum at a meeting next Wednesday before plans are submitted at a later date.
A report to the meeting said:
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The plans include 36 flats with a mix of one and two bedrooms at the site, which is near Claro Business Park and St Roberts Catholic Primary School.
Jackie Snape, chief executive at Disability Action Yorkshire, said:
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