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Building work could start on 3,000-home village near York within a year


Building work could start on a new 3,000-home community in the North Yorkshire countryside within “a year or two”, senior councillors have been told.

Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive voted yesterday (Tuesday) to adopt a masterplan framework for Maltkiln, which would be built around Cattal railway station, between York and Harrogate.

The framework will be used to shape the development of the new community, which, as well as housing, includes primary schools, shops, and health and sports facilities.

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Maltkiln location

Cllr Mark Crane, executive member for open to  business, told the committee that work was progressing on the scheme.

“This is a high-level document that’s in front of us today. A lot more work needs doing on it, but we are getting towards the stage where hopefully in the next year or two we’ll see spades in the ground and the start of a new settlement which will be very accesssible because of the train line, with the bus service we’re hoping will be there as well.

“(It will have) buildings that are of a high standard and require a lot less heating than older buildings would do. It’s a positive story, although what you will always find is everybody supports new settlements as long as they’re nowhere near them.”

Maltkiln plan. Photograph: LDRS

Cllr Carl Les, leader of the authority, added: “We’ve been talking about this for a long, long time since we inherited it from Harrogate (Borough Council).

“I think the really worrying thing is that to meet our housing targets, we need a Maltkiln every year.”

The framework was approved despite concerns from some local councillors.

Ahead of the meeting, Cllr Arnold Warneken, member for the Ouseburn division, urged the executive to delay adopting the framework until further consultation work had taken place with local communities.




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