The residential proposal comprises a total of 8 units made up of three 2 bedroom dwellings, four 3 bedroom dwellings and one 5 bedroom dwelling. The proposed development will provide quality family homes that will reflect the local vernacular of Helperby whilst contributing to the overall supply of housing. In addition to the traditional market dwellings, the scheme will deliver three affordable homes (located to the west of the site) responding directly to the villages highlighted need for affordable housing with a focus on 2 and 3 bedroom dwellings. Each of the dwellings vary between 1 and 2 storeys providing a range of housetypes and a visually interesting extension to the existing village.

Each plot will have a private driveway and garden sitting within a carefully considered landscaped setting that includes both soft and hard landscaping and extensive additional tree planting. An area of public open space and grassland area will sit to the northeastern frontage of the site whilst the implementation of native woodland and shrubbery will border the eastern and southern boundaries of the site and enable significant integration within the adjacent agricultural setting.

Both vehicular and pedestrian access is proposed via Raskelf Road to the Northern boundary of the site. To note this access involves a 10 m wide agricultural access that transects the site North to South, maintaining access to the adjacent field to the south.

The site has been designed so that it sits sensitively within its surroundings and makes effective use of the land ensuring that the proposed development will address its surrounding location whilst providing real economic, social and environmental benefits.

As part of this website there are a series of plans and elevations which demonstrate how the proposed development can be accommodated on the site. It should be noted that once the application has been submitted there will be further opportunity to comment on the proposal.