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Mar 2023
Residents to protest against 73-home plan in Harrogate district village
Residents in Staveley are set to hold a demonstration over a 73-home plan near a nature reserve.
Thomas Alexander Homes, which is based in Leeds, has tabled the proposal to Harrogate Borough Council for land off Minskip Road near to Staveley Nature Reserve.
The plan would see a mixture of one, two, three, four and five-bedroom houses built in the village, which is between Knaresborough and Boroughbridge. The developer has also earmarked 40% of the homes as affordable.
The site is allocated for housing in the Harrogate district Local Plan 2014-2035, which details where development can take place.
However, residents in the village say the move would be “utter madness”.
Graham Bowland, from the Staveley Residents Action Group, said a demonstration will be held on the village green at 11am on Saturday (March 25).
He said:
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The move comes as residents raised their objection to the plan at a village hall meeting earlier this month.
The developer said in its plans that the site represented a “logical extension” to the village.
It said:
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