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Mar 2023
Final Harrogate planning meeting to decide on proposed new council home
The last ever meeting of Harrogate Borough Council's planning committee will see it asked to give permission for a new home on its own land in Huby.
A report to the committee proposes the plans for a two-bedroom house are approved, subject to conditions including providing electric vehicle charging points at the property.
The council's proposal would see the house added to the council's affordable rental homes, which will be transferred to North Yorkshire Council from April 1.
Describing the proposal for land between 20 and 22 Kingsway in the village, a report for the committee by planning officer Arthama Lakhanpall says:
Since the plans were submitted, objections have been received from three neighbours. They raised concerns over the new property overlooking the existing homes, as well as the impact on what they said was an already busy road, often used for parking by people travelling by train from the nearby Weeton station.
Residents also said there was a lack of facilities in the village, forcing residents to drive elsewhere. They said the new house would have an impact on sunlight to other houses, as well as drainage and water supplies, which residents said were already problematic.
However, neither Yorkshire Water nor North Yorkshire County Council had any objections to the scheme, and Weeton Parish Council did not oppose the plans.
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The report to the planning committee said the proposed house did not have any side windows and that those at the front and rear of the property would not add to the way in which nearby houses already overlook each other.
The plans include a driveway large enough for two vehicles. The report added:
The planning meeting will be held at Harrogate Borough Council's civic centre on St Luke's Mount, Harrogate, on Tuesday, March 28 from 2pm. It will also be broadcast live via the council's YouTube page.
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