120 new homes to be built following acquisition of Yorkshire development site

A Yorkshire housing association has announced that it is planning to build 120 homes after the acquisition of a new site in Knaresborough.

Yorkshire Housing has acquired an 18 acre development site on Boroughbridge Road, and is planning to build 120 homes.

Work is set to start on the site this month, with the first homes expected to be ready to live in by January 2022.

Dacre, Son & Hartley’s specialist agricultural and development division has managed the land for more than 30 years and the company negotiated the sale together with a national development promotion company.

Ian Cox, of Dacre, Son & Hartley, commented: “This is a prime, oven-ready development site that sits just over a mile from Knaresborough town centre, so it attracted interest from a wide range of housebuilders and developers.

“Agreeing this sale with Yorkshire Housing will deliver a good mix of high-quality homes that will appeal to all demographics, including many who would otherwise find themselves priced out of the market in this part of North Yorkshire.”

Andy Gamble, director of development at Yorkshire Housing, said: “We are delighted to have completed the purchase of this site and are looking forward to starting our latest development.

“The 120 new homes will be mixed tenure and will provide homes for shared ownership, affordable rent, rent to buy and market sale.

“We want to continue creating new communities that bring more, much needed homes to Yorkshire where our customers are proud to live and call home.

“The creation of 120 new homes in Knaresborough is another step towards us delivering on our strategic priority of delivering 8,000 new homes by 2030.”

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