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By Ashley Marshall PLANS to build hundreds of new homes in the Harrogate district are being considered by Harrogate Borough Council’s influential district development committee. Members of the committee are searching for potential sites for new homes and business locations throughout the Harrogate district between now and 2020, with the intention of finding enough land to build up to 390 new homes each year for the life of the plan. These preferred sites being put forward for consideration have been identified by Harrogate Borough Council’s planning officers after much public consultation. The sites will be discussed by the council’s influential district development committee - which is made up entirely of councillors - before the plans are put before members of the public for consultation in the New Year. Almost half of the homes to be provided each year - equivalent to about 187 new properties - will be planned for Harrogate, with a further 55 dwellings recommended each year for Knaresborough and 30 dwellings in the Ripon area. The remaining quota would come from Boroughbridge, Masham and Pateley Bridge and smaller villages and countryside land. Harrogate will see the largest proportion of new properties and businesses, where the biggest development sites have been highlighted. This includes the potential for 668 houses built over four years on greenfield land north of Penny Pot Lane and a possible 875 properties within 40 hectares of greenfield land at Cardale Park. These are both seen as long-term options, with councillors keen to see brownfield land used first. The largest of these is a site for up to 100 homes at Station Parade in the centre of Harrogate and a brownfield site at Cornwall Road which could provide space for 96 properties. If chosen, this land could be used as early as next year. The other key site proposed for consideration is at Manse Farm in Knaresborough, where a 41-hectare site could see up to 500 new houses built between 2012 and 2020. This greenfield site, if chosen, would also provide employment land. Smaller options in Knaresborough include sites south of Bar Lane and land at Blind Lane and Chain Lane, while the proposed sites around St James Business Park may also be safe for the next ten years, along with several plots of land in Calcutt and Thistle Hill. Cabinet member for planning and transport, Don Mackenzie, says this is the biggest challenge the council has ever had in terms of identifying land for development. He said the Harrogate district is required by the Government to provide for more homes and that the challenge is to select the best sites for sustainable growth. The council will be issuing an explanatory newspaper to every household and will be holding a further series of consultation workshops. Planners emphasise that at this stage no decision has been made about which sites should be allocated for new development. Your views should be submitted in writing to the council before the end of the consultation period which is at 4.30pm on Friday, February 29, 2008. |
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