Proposals have been unveiled for an urban village of 1000 homes on the site of a former West Yorkshire munitions factory, near Boston Spa, latterly Thorp Arch trading estate, to be named Rudgate Village.
The Rudgate Village development will feature 1,000 new homes, a school and care home. Developers St Congar Land state that the scheme has been scaled back dramatically after a previous scheme for around 2,000 new homes has been withdrawn. The development’s website includes the draft proposals for the redevelopment of the site and invites feedback.
Stray FM reports:
‘Tony Blackburn, director at St Congar Land, said: ‘Having listened to feedback on the previous applications, the new proposals for Rudgate Village are significantly smaller and we hope address concerns that have been voiced before.
‘We have spent significant time and effort developing a high-quality indicative masterplan focused on creating a village with a clear identity of its own. As well as homes and a new local centre, the design provides extensive areas of public open space, parks and green spaces, whilst protecting and managing the ecologically rich calcareous grassland on the site.
‘We believe that Rudgate Village is part of a sustainable and sympathetic solution to Leeds City Council’s housing requirement in the outer North East of the city and we look forward to hearing the views of local residents.’
The Rudgate Village website writes:
‘We will carefully consider all responses received to inform our proposals that may well be revised as a result. We will continue to engage in discussions with Leeds City Council to ensure that the proposed development is of a high standard. We intend to submit an outline planning application this summer. Residents and interested parties will have the opportunity to make further comments direct to Leeds City Council once the planning application has been submitted.
Subject to planning, we would hope to be commencing the development in 2018.’
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Visit the website rudgatevillage.co.uk
