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Jun 2022
Reduction in Knaresborough retirement flats 'unviable', says developer
Developers behind plans for 61 retirement flats in Knaresborough have said reducing the size of the scheme would be “unviable”.
Adlington Retirement Living, part of the Gladman group, wants to build the flats with additional care facilities on land adjacent to the single-track Grimbald Bridge on Wetherby Road, alongside the River Nidd.
Councillors on Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee have twice delayed making a decision on the proposals after concern over its size, flooding and impact on local health services.
Now, the developer has said reducing the scheme’s size and moving it further away to reduce flooding fears would not be “necessary or indeed achievable”.
In a letter to the council responding to its deferral, Robert Gaskell, planning manager at Gladman Retirement Living Ltd, said:
Mr Gaskell added:
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The response follows concern at a planning committee meeting in May that the apartments amounted to “overdevelopment”.
Cllr Pat Marsh, a Liberal Democrat member of the committee, said at the time:
North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group also raised concern over the impact on local health services.
However, this objection was later withdrawn after a £40,000 developer contribution was agreed.
The scheme will now be considered by the borough council’s planning committee at a meeting on Tuesday, June 21.
Council officers have recommended that the development be approved.
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