he proposal includes the demolition of the existing three storey office building occupying the site. The building is currently office accommodation for Broadacres Housing Association.
Broadacres Housing Association intend moving their present headquarters in East Road to new offices in late August 2006 as the organisation has out grown the existing accommodation.An office containing the local housing team will be retained on the site to handle all day to day housing enquiries for tenants including the collection of rents and for meeting facilities. As well as retaining an office the development has also facilitated the provision of 19 much needed affordable homes in the centre of Northallerton where opportunities are very limited.

It is intended that current staff relocate to the proposed new offices within Northallerton. The proposed Housing Office to be built on the site will initially be managed by existing staff.

The site comprises an area of 0.178Ha and it currently houses a three storey office built along the eastern side of the site; to the rear of the site there is secure car parking. The site is accessed from Elder Road to the north and is bounded to the east by the busy East Road. To the West the site is bounded by a 1.2M high brickwork wall and an adjacent nightclub. Given the sites proximity to both the night club and busy East Road a noise assessment has been commissioned.