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Oct 2021
Work starts on Great Ouseburn housing development
Work has started on a new housing development in Great Ouseburn.
North Yorkshire County Council’s housing company, Brierley Homes Limited, has started work on the scheme which is on Branton Lane in the village.
It will see nine new homes built on the site.
Called The Paddocks, the first phase will focus on a highways scheme to provide the access to the new development as well as the installation of traffic calming measures.
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It will include a scheme to safeguard an avenue of lime trees and will be overseen by Brooks Ecological, which will work in partnership with the council’s highways company NY Highways.
Construction on the houses will start next year after access work is complete.
Matt O’Neill, director at Brierley Homes, said:
Ross Bullerwell, managing director of NY Highways, said:
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