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| Inspector cuts down new housing sites in Yorkshire Dales | Inspector cuts down new housing sites in Yorkshire Dales |
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| The very tight grip on new building in the most beautiful parts of the north is confirmed today in a government inspector's report on the Yorkshire Dales national park authority's Housing plan. | The very tight grip on new building in the most beautiful parts of the north is confirmed today in a government inspector's report on the Yorkshire Dales national park authority's Housing plan. |
| David Vickery has undertaken a rigorous exercise since first examining the details in January and subsequently holding two prolonged periods of consultation over the proposals. | David Vickery has undertaken a rigorous exercise since first examining the details in January and subsequently holding two prolonged periods of consultation over the proposals. |
| His verdict has disappointed the authority in the exclusion of four small potential sites for new homes in the upper dales, but overall members and staff are pleased that 29 others have got through, providing room for a total of 236 new homes. | His verdict has disappointed the authority in the exclusion of four small potential sites for new homes in the upper dales, but overall members and staff are pleased that 29 others have got through, providing room for a total of 236 new homes. |
| As much-described in the Guardian during the debates which have taken place over the issue, restrictions will apply to all these properties as and when they are built. Half will be affordable housing to rent or buy and the other half will be sold on the open market but with a binding legal clause restricting their occupancy to people who work or need to live in the national park. | As much-described in the Guardian during the debates which have taken place over the issue, restrictions will apply to all these properties as and when they are built. Half will be affordable housing to rent or buy and the other half will be sold on the open market but with a binding legal clause restricting their occupancy to people who work or need to live in the national park. |
| The Dales was at the forefront of a long campaign to influence the market in this way, to try to control the spread of second homes and very high house prices which seems to be the inevitable consequence of surrender to supply and demand. In 2005, when the authority agreed the basic principles of its approach to housing, Dales properties cost on average £240,000 compared to £153,000 in nearby, and generally prosperous, Leeds. | The Dales was at the forefront of a long campaign to influence the market in this way, to try to control the spread of second homes and very high house prices which seems to be the inevitable consequence of surrender to supply and demand. In 2005, when the authority agreed the basic principles of its approach to housing, Dales properties cost on average £240,000 compared to £153,000 in nearby, and generally prosperous, Leeds. |
| The authority will consider Inspector Vickery's views at its next meeting which falls on 26 June. The chair, Carl Lis, regrets the rejection of the four sites which would have allowed ten new homes at Aysgarth and Thornton Rust in Wensleydale and Muker and Low Row in Swaledale, places which come close to most people's definition of Heaven on earth. But he says: | The authority will consider Inspector Vickery's views at its next meeting which falls on 26 June. The chair, Carl Lis, regrets the rejection of the four sites which would have allowed ten new homes at Aysgarth and Thornton Rust in Wensleydale and Muker and Low Row in Swaledale, places which come close to most people's definition of Heaven on earth. But he says: |
| I expect that, like me, Members will be very disappointed that despite the Authority urging the Inspector to reconsider, he has rejected the four small housing sites in the upper Dales. However whilst we know how important these sites would have been it shouldn't blind us to the fact that overall the Plan is a positive step forward for local communities. | I expect that, like me, Members will be very disappointed that despite the Authority urging the Inspector to reconsider, he has rejected the four small housing sites in the upper Dales. However whilst we know how important these sites would have been it shouldn't blind us to the fact that overall the Plan is a positive step forward for local communities. |
| If the report is adopted by Members at the next meeting, it means we will be able to get on with releasing new land for local affordable housing. | If the report is adopted by Members at the next meeting, it means we will be able to get on with releasing new land for local affordable housing. |
The full report is available here on the national park website of the Yorkshire Dales - an unbeatable place, incidentally, to spend at least part of the Diamond Jubilee weekend. | The full report is available here on the national park website of the Yorkshire Dales - an unbeatable place, incidentally, to spend at least part of the Diamond Jubilee weekend. |
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