Land purchased to enable construction of 120 homes
An 18-acre site in North Yorkshire has been bought by a housing association, which intends to use the site to build dozens of new homes.
Charitable housing association, Yorkshire Housing, has acquired the land on Boroughbridge Road in Knaresborough, where it now plans to build 120 homes that will be available through a wide range of ownership options.
Dacre, Son & Hartley’s specialist agricultural and development division has managed the land, which forms part of the former Slingsby Estate, in the village of Scriven for more than 30 years.
The company negotiated the sale together with a national development promotion company. Detailed planning for the development was approved in August 2020.
Yorkshire Housing plans to start work on the two, three and four bedroom homes this month with the first homes ready to move into by January 2022. The housing association currently owns and manages nearly 20,000 homes throughout Yorkshire.
Ian Cox, a director from Dacre, Son & Hartley, who heads the firm’s agricultural and development team, said: “This is a prime, oven-ready development site that sits just over a mile from Knaresborough town centre, so it attracted interest from a wide range of housebuilders and developers.
“Agreeing this sale with Yorkshire Housing will deliver a good mix of high-quality homes that will appeal to all demographics, including many who would otherwise find themselves priced out of the market in this part of North Yorkshire.”
Andy Gamble, director of development at Yorkshire Housing, said: “We are delighted to have completed the purchase of this site and are looking forward to starting our latest development.
“The 120 homes will be mixed tenure and will provide homes for shared ownership, affordable rent, rent to buy and market sale.
“We want to continue creating new communities that bring more, much needed homes to Yorkshire where our customers are proud to live and call home.
“The creation of 120 new homes in Knaresborough is another step towards us delivering on our strategic priority of delivering 8,000 new homes by 2030.”
