Planners give go-ahead to North Yorkshire development

PLANNERS have given the green light for a housing development close to the A1 between Knaresborough and Wetherby.

Harrogate Borough Council approved the proposal from housebuilder Loxley Homes, part of Leeds-based Prospect Property Group, for the scheme in the village of Hunsingore.

The development will transform the brownfield land, which was formerly the site of the ‘Goughs of Hunsingore’ farm machinery dealership.

Work is expected to start on the scheme in June, with completion due by March 2017.

Harrogate-based James Elliott of Aspect Architecture, who designed the scheme, said: “As in most rural areas there is a desperate shortage of housing around Hunsingore, with some locals having to move away from the village because of the scarcity of housing. This scheme will help to meet that shortfall and the houses have been sensitively designed to fit in with the village and its surroundings.”

Loxley Homes projects director, Jonathan Raistrick, added: “It’s great news that the site where the well-known Goughs family business sold farm machinery for three generations, now has a positive new future as an asset to the local area, providing new family homes for generations to come.”