Plans for a new residential development in a North Yorkshire village have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for review.
Regional housebuilder Banks Homes is looking to develop 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 65 private and affordable homes of different sizes and types, including bungalows, and would see an electric vehicle charging point installed at every new home.
If the development goes ahead, more than 30 jobs would be directly supported during its construction, with a further 45 jobs indirectly supported by the project.
A range of contract opportunities would also be made available to businesses in the surrounding area in line with Banks’ longstanding policy of using local suppliers wherever possible.
New wildlife habitats would be created around the development to encourage and enhance local biodiversity, along with areas of public open space.
Kate Culverhouse, community relations manager at the Banks Group, says: “This site has been identified as suitable for housing in the emerging Selby Local Plan and would help to meet the clear and increasingly pressing need to increase the supply of quality homes in the area.
“The number of nearby services and amenities and the ease of access to larger town centres via public transport makes it a wholly-suitable location for development, while the provision of private and affordable homes will give more local people and families a greater opportunity to stay in the village.
“We are very pleased to be reaching this key stage of the planning process and hope the members of North Yorkshire Council’s planning committee will look favourably on this high-quality development when it comes before them.”
