Plans for hundreds of homes and park move forward

Proposals for hundreds of homes and a new riverside public park in North Yorkshire have taken a step forward.The team behind plans for the Eleven Arches development in Tadcaster have revealed more details about the project and launched a second stage of consultation.A masterplan for the Eleven Arches site, comprising up to 450 homes, has been worked up in more detail, taking on board feedback from a first consultation in 2022.It features a mix of properties to meet local demand, including family homes and specialist older persons accommodation. Affordable housing would make up 40 per cent of the houses.More than two thirds of the site would become a riverside public park, made more accessible with new footpaths and cycleways.The proposals also include biodiversity improvements, a new playground and informal play areas, traffic calming measures and flood resilience works.The plans are being brought forward by Gladman Developments Ltd, which is working with the Grimston Park Estate, owner the land.Katherine Putnam, planning director at Gladman, said: “We had a fantastic response to our first community consultation last year – people really get the effect that lack of housing choice is having on the town, particularly on younger generations. We’ve since worked really hard to take on board the feedback.”Our plan for Eleven Arches is for a mix of homes that squarely meets the local need. That’s not just the 40 per cent affordable homes that are in acute short supply, but larger homes suited to families and homes specifically for the elderly, allowing people to downsize and free up existing properties in the area.”Eleven Arches is also a rare chance to deliver a new public park for Tadcaster. We’ve planned the site so that the majority of the land is not only left as green space, but proactively enhanced – whether that’s making it more accessible; introducing new wildlife habitats and planting; or creating new spaces where people can sit and spend time. Overall, an addition to Tadcaster that will benefit existing residents as well as new.”The latest consultation on the vision will run until Friday 22 September 2023, following which an application will be submitted to North Yorkshire Council.