North Yorkshire nod for Banks Homes
A site east of Gateforth Lane in Hambleton can now be developed with 62 homes after the developer secured consent from the local authority.
Housebuilder Banks Homes put forward development plans for the site, which had been identified as a site suitable for housing development in the now-withdrawn draft Selby Local Plan.
Homes at the site will include market-sale and affordable homes of different sizes and types, including 10 bungalows, with new wildlife habitats and areas of public open space being created around the scheme.
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The Hambleton project is the first site to be brought forward in Yorkshire by Banks Homes, which was launched by family-owned North East developer Banks Group in 2023 and is now looking to develop across Yorkshire and North East England.
Banks said that a range of contract opportunities will also be made available to businesses in the surrounding area in line with its longstanding policy of using local suppliers wherever possible.
Kate Culverhouse, community relations manager at the Banks Group, says: “Having had a recommendation for approval from North Yorkshire Council’s expert planning officers for our Hambleton planning application, we’re very pleased that the members of the Council’s planning committee have been minded to follow this guidance.
“There is a clear and pressing need to increase the supply of quality homes in North Yorkshire and across the UK as a whole, both to ensure people have the housing options they need in the places they want to live and to support the wider UK economy’s future growth.”
The proposals can be viewed in full on NYC’s planning portal, with the reference ZG2023/1033/FULM.
