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Apr 2023
Plan for 60 homes in Sharow approved
A plan to build 60 new homes in Sharow has been approved.
Non-profit developer Broadacres Housing Association Limited, which is based in Northallerton, submitted a joint proposal with V&A Homes (Yorkshire) in November to Harrogate Borough Council for land off Dishforth Road.
It proposed to build 60 houses in the area, 24 of which would be affordable homes. The rest would be open market homes.
Now, North Yorkshire Council, which replaced the borough council on April 1, has approved the plan.
The plans come after permission was granted for a housing scheme on the site in 2020, but has since lapsed.
The revised proposal sees a mix of one, two, three and four bed semi-detached houses as well as several three, four and five bed detached dwellings.
All the houses would have parking provisions and a pocket park will be on site.
In documents submitted to the council, Broadacres said:
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