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May 2022
Plans approved for 64 homes on former Trelleborg factory
Plans for 64 homes at the site of a former rubber factory in Knaresborough have been given the go-ahead.
Harrogate Borough Council granted permission to developers Countryside Properties to build the homes at the former Trelleborg site on Halfpenny Lane, which closed in 2016.
The site, which is not allocated for housing in the council’s Harrogate district Local Plan 2014-35, which outlines where development can take place, had drawn concerns over the impact on traffic and health services.
Knaresborough Liberal Democrat councillor Hannah Gostlow told Tuesday's planning meeting that increased traffic levels in the area had become “really dangerous” and led to rat-running.
She said:
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In response, Robert Harding, town planner at Countryside Properties, said the site had been advertised for employment use for “a number of years” but failed to attract a buyer.
He also said the developers were in negotiations with highways officials at North Yorkshire County Council over contributing cash towards junction upgrades.
He added:
Town council says homes 'not needed'
Objections against the plans were made by Knaresborough Town Council, which said the homes were “not needed”.
The NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group also submitted a late objection which said a wave of new housing across Knaresborough threatened to overload the town’s “already massively stretched” health services.
The CCG has asked for £75,937 from the developers to fund improvements to services in the area.
The plans include a mix of one to four-bedroom homes, as well 20 properties classed as affordable.
Originally, the developers had requested permission for 77 homes, however, this was reduced to 64 after a protection order was placed on a group of trees which have been saved from felling.
The plans were approved with seven votes for and one against at Tuesday’s meeting.
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