Proposed village residential scheme is unveiled

Plans for a new residential development in a North Yorkshire village are set to be revealed.

Regional housebuilder Banks Homes is preparing proposals for the development of a site to the east of Gateforth Lane in Hambleton, which has been identified as a proposed housing allocation in the emerging Selby Local Plan.

The development would include up to 65 homes of different types – including bungalows – and would see an electric vehicle charging point installed at every new home.

Hambleton is the first site in Yorkshire to be brought forward by Banks Homes, which was launched earlier this year by family-owned property and renewable energy company the Banks Group and is now focusing on sites of all sizes across Yorkshire and North East England.

Banks Homes operates independently, but alongside, Banks’ existing property development arm, Banks Property, which has previously delivered property schemes in a range of locations across Yorkshire, including in Harrogate, Sheffield and Leeds.

Kate Culverhouse

Banks Homes will stage an appointment-only surgery between 2pm and 7pm on Monday 4 September to introduce its plans to the local community and provide opportunities for residents and businesses to ask any questions and share their views about the proposals.

The event will take place at the Owl Hotel on Main Road in Hambleton, with a planning application then expected to be finalised and submitted to North Yorkshire Council in the following weeks.

If it goes ahead, more than 30 jobs would be directly supported during the Hambleton development’s construction, with a further 45 jobs indirectly supported by the project.

Kate Culverhouse, community relations manager at the Banks Group, says: “There is a clear and increasingly pressing need across the UK to increase the available supply of quality homes.

“This site has been identified as suitable for housing in the emerging Selby Local Plan, and we feel it is an ideal location for the high-quality development that we’re proposing to deliver.

“The number of nearby services and amenities and the ease of access to larger town centres via public transport makes it a sustainable location, while the provision of affordable homes will give more local people and families a greater opportunity to stay in the village.”