North Yorkshire Council has published a map of sites put forward for the county’s Local Plan. The blueprint will determine housing and employment land for the next 15 to 20 years.

The council has stressed that no assessment of sites have been completed at this stage and land submitted may not necessarily be taken forward as part of the Local Plan process.

You can read about the sites put forward for Boroughbridge below.

Sites proposed for Boroughbridge range from small parcels of land to large and wide ranging plots.

In the town itself, a 36 hectare site next to an already existing new build estate has been put forward between Grafton Lane and the A168.

Nearby, a plot has also been earmarked for houses on land off Chapel Hill.

Meanwhile, some of the sites suggested for housing in Boroughbridge are much smaller in size.

A 0.56 hectare site is proposed between York Road and Church Lane across from Boroughbridge Primary School. Elsewhere, a six hectare site to the east of the A168 has also been proposed as a residential scheme.

In neighbouring Minskip, two plots of land have been put forward for what could be a major housing and employment scheme.

To the south of Aldborough Gate, a 10 hectare site has been suggested for houses. Across the A6055 opposite, a smaller parcel of land at three hectares has been submitted for employment and commercial use.

The land included in the council’s map is for land submitted up until December 2024 following its call for sites. More land will be added on a six monthly basis.

The authority has stressed that the sites included in the map may not be taken into the Local Plan and that no assessment work has been completed at this stage.

It added:

A public consultation on the sites will be held at a later date.