Councillors will meet next week to consider giving final approval to the 200-home police training centre site on Yew Tree Lane in Harrogate.
200-home scheme at former police site in Harrogate set for final go-ahead Councillors will meet next week to consider giving final approval to the 200-home police training centre site on Yew Tree Lane in Harrogate. The plans received outline permission in December 2021 but construction can’t begin until a second reserved matters application gets the green light. These fresh plans deal with the layout, landscaping and appearance of the large 8.5 hectare site and will be debated by Harrogate & Knaresborough’s planning committee on Tuesday. The government’s housing agency Homes England is working alongside developer Countryside Properties to build the scheme. The plans have been recommended for approval in an officer’s report and would see 184 new homes built as well as several buildings retained and converted into an additional 16 properties. [caption id="attachment_97739" align="aligncenter" width="841"] Plans for the police training centre site. (Pic: Countryside Properties)[/caption] Countryside Properties said 60 homes, making up 30% of the total development, will be classed as affordable. At one time 1,200 officers a year were trained a year there but the police moved out in 2011 after being told by the Home Office that it needed to make austerity-related cuts. Access will be via the existing entrance on Yew Tree Lane. A cycle lane has also been proposed through the site for residents to use as well as a village green. Homes England initially won permission for 161 homes but it was increased to 200 after councillors agreed to let it build on former sports pitches, despite public opposition. Former Harrogate councillor and Pannal Ash Junior Football Club life president Cliff Trotter described the move at the time as “absolutely scandalous”. To make up for the loss of sports pitches, the public body offered £595,000 towards Pannal Community Park on Leeds Road through a section 106 agreement that was backed by Sport England. Eight objections have been received for the reserved matters plans, including from Harrogate Civic Society, Harlow & Pannal Ash Residents’ Association (HAPARA), Pannal and Burn Bridge Parish Council and Zero Carbon Harrogate. Countryside Properties wrote in planning documents:
“The development at Yew Tree Lane will provide an attractive, high-quality designed environment to live. "The scale and character of the proposals will ensure that the scheme will contribute to and enhance the immediate and surrounding area.”By Thomas Barrett, Local Democracy Reporter Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.
Harrogate Town sign Burnley youngster on loan
Harrogate drivers urged to submit footage of dangerous driving
Popular Dog Day returns to Himalayan Garden near Ripon
New Reformer Pilates studio to open in Harrogate
Work begins on Harrogate and York RSPCA's £2m animal home
Free bike repair event returns to Valley Gardens this weekend
Harrogate trains disrupted following death on railway
Businesses urged to sign up for Harrogate's Restaurant Week
Ripon MP warns over rise in unemployment-related benefits
New children's play area opens at Otley Garden Centre
Harrogate Town sign Middlesbrough midfielder on season-long loan
Harrogate adult learners prove it's never too late to achieve GCSE success
Ashville pupils celebrate GCSE success as new Sixth Form awaits
Police warning after counterfeit cash scam in Knaresborough
Outstanding GCSE results at one of Yorkshire's only all-girls schools
Volunteers transform children's play area at Harrogate hospital
Ripon market days see 31% increase in footfall
Harrogate pupils achieve best top-grade GCSE results in four years
Harrogate High head 'enormously proud' of school's GCSE results
Three new independent businesses join Halls of Ripon
