North Yorkshire site included in MoD land sale for 17,000 homes

THIRTEEN Ministry of Defence sites, including one in North Yorkshire, will be sold to provide land for up to 17,017 homes and will raise £225m.

Defence minister Mark Lancaster said that 12,565 of the homes were “expected to materialise in this Parliament” and acknowledged this would impact on civilian and military staff but “provisions were being made”, the BBC reported.

The sites include land at Harley Hill in Catterick, as well as an RAF base, barracks, ex-World War Two airfields and a chaplaincy centre.

The sites are:
•    RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire
•    Middlewick Ranges, Essex
•    Amport House, Andover, Hampshire, the British Armed Forces chaplaincy centre
•    Land at Harley Hill, Catterick, North Yorkshire
•    Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire, a former World War Two airfield
•    Colerne Airfield, Chippenham, Wiltshire, a former World War Two airfield
•    Azimghur Barracks, Chippenham, Wiltshire
•    Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham, Lincolnshire
•    Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
•    Venning Barracks, Telford
•    Parsons Barracks, Donnington
•    Southwick Park, Fareham, Hampshire
•    Royal Marines Stonehouse, Plymouth

Mr Lancaster said consultations will take place over the coming weeks with “stakeholders” including trade unions, to determine the future of each site and their occupants.

The sales would contribute £225m towards the MoD’s £1bn target for land release sales.