Affordable Housing in the Yorkshire Dales
More than 40 locations are being considered as sites for new homes to ease a shortage of affordable housing in the Yorkshire Dales.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) received 118 suggestions of potential sites after an appeal to landowners. It has drawn up a shortlist of 44, which are now being investigated. The YDNPA said the response to its appeal had been “very good” but it wanted more suggestions. It specifically wants to hear about potential sites in the Grassington, Hawes, Reeth and Sedbergh areas. The YDNPA’s housing working group will eventually draw up a draft housing development plan which will go out to public consultation.
Housing officer Peter Stockton said: “The final list will depend on the response from technical consultees like the highways authority, the Environment Agency, our archaeologists and ecologists.
“It will probably be a lot shorter than the 40 or so sites currently going for further investigation.”
When it made its appeal to landowners in January, the YDNPA said the lack of affordable housing in the national park was a “serious problem”.
It said local people were being forced out of the area because of high house prices.
From BBC News Website 28 September 2009
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