More details revealed for plan to deliver up to 450 homes

Plans to deliver Eleven Arches in Tadcaster – up to 450 homes and a new public park a short walk from the town centre – have taken a step forward.

The team behind the proposals have revealed more details about the vision, as they call on people to get involved in a second stage of consultation.

The proposals for land off Wetherby Road and next to the River Wharfe are aimed at reversing “a chronic lack of local housing choice.”

A masterplan for the Eleven Arches site has now been worked up, taking on board feedback from a first consultation in 2022.

It features a mix of homes to meet local demand, including family homes and specialist older persons accommodation. 40% of the properties would be classed as affordable.

Other features include:

• Over two thirds of the site would become a riverside public park, made more accessible with new footpaths and cycleways
• Extensive measures to achieve overall biodiversity improvements, including green corridors, planting, a new orchard and re-foresting
• A new playground and informal play areas throughout the community, addressing a recognised lack of such facilities to the west of the River Wharfe
• Traffic calming measures on the approach into Tadcaster on Wetherby Road and a new drop-off point for the neighbouring primary school, reducing congestion at pick-up and drop-off times
• New measures to increase the site’s flood resilience

The plans are being brought forward by Gladman Developments Ltd. The company is working with the Grimston Park Estate, which owns the land.

Katherine Putnam, planning director at Gladman, said: “We had a fantastic response to our first community consultation last year – people really get the effect that lack of housing choice is having on the town, particularly on younger generations. We’ve since worked really hard to take on board the feedback.

“Our plan for Eleven Arches is for a mix of homes that squarely meets the local need.

“That’s not just the 40% affordable homes that are in acute short supply, but larger homes suited to families and homes specifically for the elderly, allowing people to downsize and free up existing properties in the area.”

The latest consultation will run until 22 September 2023, following which an application will be submitted to North Yorkshire Council for consideration.

People can have their say online at: www.elevenarchestadcaster.com