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11

Jan 2023

Environment
Environment

GPs 'extremely concerned' about new housing in Harrogate

Published: 11 Jan 2023, 17:46 GMT

Updated: 11 Jan 2023, 17:46 GMT

by Calvin Robinson

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Location of the development at Kingsley Farm and the proposed site plan.

NHS managers have objected to plans for 49 homes at Kingsley Farm in Harrogate and warned that the town’s health infrastructure has “very limited capacity”.

The homes, which have been proposed by Quarterly Kingsley Ltd, are earmarked for the north and north east of the site off Kingsley Road.

The developer said in a planning statement submitted to Harrogate Borough Council the scheme would help to offer a “sense of place”.

However, Nick Brown, of the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, has objected to the plan.

In a letter to the council, he warned GPs were “extremely concerned” about further development within Harrogate.

He said:

“As primary care providers, the GPs and primary care networks are extremely concerned regarding any proposals for further residential development within Harrogate.
“The existing health infrastructure in Harrogate already operates above optimum capacity and has very limited capacity to absorb additional pressures.
“Primary care and community services within the area are already running at, or far beyond their existing capacity.”





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  • Developer reduces planned Kinglsey Drive scheme to 162 homes

  • Starbeck residents pledge to fight 181-home Kingsley Drive plans ‘tooth and nail’





The Kingsley area has seen multiple planning applications lodged to build houses on Kingsley Farm, including a revised proposal for 162 homes by Persimmon Homes.

Residents in the area have long held concerns about the amount of housebuilding in the area and its affect on traffic, noise and loss of green space.

Harrogate Borough Council will make a decision on the Kingsley Farm proposal at a later date.