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Oct 2023
Ripon timber yard to be demolished for 13 homes
Plans to build 13 homes on a former Ripon timber yard have been approved.
Red Tree Developments tabled proposals to demolish the buildings on the former NY Timber site off Trinity Lane and replace them with houses.
The site was home to a timber yard from 1860 to 2018.
The plans would see 13 two-storey, two- and three-bedroom homes built.
North Yorkshire Council has approved the proposal.
It comes as a government planning inspector rejected a similar plan by Red Tree last month over concerns that the scheme did not have sufficient ground investigations and about the impact on nearby heritage assets.
However, in documents submitted to North Yorkshire Council in May, the developer says the new application addresses the reasons given for refusing the previous plan.
The developer said:
Red Tree bought the 0.64-acre plot, which is adjacent to the listed buildings, Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church, from Cairngorm Capital for an undisclosed sum in 2020.
In a previous planning application, the developer said the timber yard, which is not listed, must be replaced due to its “poor state of repair”.
Read more:
- Developer appeals refusal of 13-home Ripon scheme
- Government rejects 13-home plan on former Ripon timber yard
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