Plans to build 14 homes at Athelstan Court in Ripon have been withdrawn after North Yorkshire Council’s highways department objected.
Athelstan Court was originally part of Ripon College before being rented to HM Inland Revenue and used as offices until the organisation moved out in 2009. It was last occupied in 2013.
Harrogate Borough Council accepted a change of use application for the conversion of the main building into 16 flats this year.
Ripon-based Atzaro Box Clever Ltd hoped to develop an additional part of the former site into a mix of three and four-bedroom properties, with 30 per cent being classed as affordable.
Access to the homes was proposed from Kearsley Road, which joins the A6018 Palace Road.
However, North Yorkshire Council’s highways department said the roads within the site would not be suitable for development so the scheme should be refused.
It said:
“The roads within the site are, due to their poor alignments, poor junctions and lack of appropriate footways/lighting/turning area, considered unsuitable by the local highways authority and therefore refuse the application in its current form.”
The council said a number of amendments would need to be made including changing the placement of several properties to reduce speeds on site, introducing a crossing point and relocating visitor parking.
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New housing scheme proposed in Ripon
A developer has submitted plans to build 14 new homes in Ripon.
Manchester-based Atzaro Box Clever Ltd has tabled the proposal to North Yorkshire Council for land off Athelstan Court.
It would see 14 new home build on land next to a former office building.
The office block, which stood empty for 10 years, has since had approval to be converted into 16 flats.
Designs for the new houses on Athelstan Court.
In documents submitted to the council, the developer said the move to build the new homes would be a “natural extension” to the newly approved flats.
It said:
“The council have since accepted a change of use for the conversion of Athelstan Court into residential apartments.
“The remainder of the site would therefore be a natural extension of the residential use across the full site.”
North Yorkshire Council will make a decision on the plan at a later date.
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