Planners have refused to grant permission for a development in Boroughbridge to go ahead because the applicant has failed to provide sufficient information.
Barratt and David Wilson Homes were criticised by Harrogate Borough Council for not submitting the required documents for the southern half of the Stump Cross development, despite repeated requests.
Planning officer Kate Broadbank told the planning committee yesterday:
“Without information relating to scale, design and appearance of houses, which would be affordable and where the open spaces and landscaping would be, it’s not possible to assess the relationship between the buildings, routes and open spaces to confirm whether this layout would be acceptable.”
The site, which is east of the A168 and is included in the local plan, already has outline planning permission for 450 homes granted in 2019.
A condition of that outline permission was that full details would be submitted for approval within three years, which would have been last April.
Ms Broadbank added:
“We have had no applications for the remaining reserved matters and the applicant is out of time for the submission of these, therefore the outline permission can no longer be taken forward.”
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Details of the first phase of development on the northern half of the site have already been submitted and were approved last February, with 256 homes included.
If the second phase were to be approved with the proposed 214 homes, it would bring the total to 470.
Speaking at yesterday’s committee meeting, Conservative Cllr Robert Windass said the council had worked with the developer on the first half of the site. He added:
“I’m totally and utterly surprised that they haven’t engaged with us as they did last time, because we came to a very amicable conclusion on that one, but this beggars belief.”
Ms Broadbank agreed, saying:
Rainbows design road safety banner for Saltergate School“They have had plenty of opportunity to engage with us and to discuss everything with us that we’ve asked for.
“We have had various meetings and they’ve kept saying, ‘it will be coming, it will be coming’, but it’s got to the point where enough is enough.”
Rainbows have designed a Stop, Look and Listen banner to display on the gates of Saltergate School.
It was one of a series of activities undertaken by members of 5th Harrogate Rainbows to help them learn about road safety.
As part of the initiative, Lauren Doherty, who lives in Knaresborough and uses her own experience of a traffic accident to educate people about road safety, gave a talk to the group.
The banner was the Rainbows’ final assignment and will encourage others to take road safety more seriously.
Samantha Suttle, leader of 5th Harrogate Rainbows, said”
“We hope this will help all children and adults stay safe when crossing the road. Well done Rainbows!”
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