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Aug
Yorkshire Water raises sewer concerns over Knaresborough Waterside homes
Yorkshire Water has raised concern over plans for new homes on Knaresborough’s Waterside.
The proposal, which has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council by Chris Farley, would see the homes built near Waterside car park.
The Stray Ferret revealed news of the application in June.
According to planning documents, three, three-bedroom properties would be built with an open court yard.
The dwellings would be market properties and include car parking. An electric vehicle charging point would be provided for the site, documents added.
But, Yorkshire Water has raised concern over the proximity of the site to existing sewer overflows in the area and other infrastructure, such as an overflow pipe.
The company, which did not register an objection but instead advised that conditions should be imposed on the plan, said the proximity could affect residential amenity at the site.
It said:
To minimise the risk of odour and noise nuisance, industry standards recommend that habitable buildings should not be located within 15 metres of this asset. To reduce the visible impact of the installation, the erection (by the developer) of suitable screening is advised.
Yorkshire Water added that one of the houses in the plan was within proximity of an overflow pipe, which crosses the site.
It said that this could "seriously jeopardise" the company's ability to maintian the public sewerage network, which it described as "not acceptable".
Letters of objection
It comes as 43 letters of objection have be submitted to the council over the proposal, including from Knaresborough Town Council and Knaresborough Civic Society.
The civic society said it had concerns over the sustainability of the site within the Knaresborough Conservation Area.
It called on the authority to consider whether “suitable conditions or occupancy controls” could be applied to the scheme.
Meanwhile, Angela Pulman, clerk at Knaresborough Town Council, said the scheme would result in “significant and irreversible harm to the local environment, landscape character, biodiversity, flood resilience and residential amenity”.
In planning documents submitted to the council, the developer said the site is currently vacant land, which could be utilised for more housing.
They added:
The design proposal aims to utilise the existing site to develop three new residential houses of equal size and scale with a new access to the site formed from Waterside.
North Yorkshire Council will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
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