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But they do question the effectiveness of Harrogate s hard-won Local Plan.
Will this field in Bishop Monkton be turned into housing? (Picture Gerard Binks)
Residents in the group say various different plans to build what could be a total of 300 new homes in their small but historic village, which currently has a population of just 800 people, amounts to “mass development” with inadequate recognition of the impact on local life and infrastructure.
The Local Plan may finally be in place after years of effort by Harrogate Borough Council but, in the view of Bishop Monkton Action Group, the end result for the village is disproportionate housing burdens without a thought for the consequences .
Firefighters rescue drivers from flood water FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to flooding at numerous properties across North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called at 9.30am yesterday to Buttercrambe, Malton after flood water got in to the ground floor of a property there. They rescued two adults, two children, two dogs and a cat from the property using a triple extension ladder. At 9.53am they were at Sheepfoot Hill in Malton where a crew attended a call after flooding to a basement of a property, and used a light portable pump. At 10.05am they were at Church Street in Norton pumping flood water and at the same time another crew were at Kirkby Wharfe where there was flooding in the village.