A housing association says properties in a proposed new housing development in Hutton Rudby would be allocated to people with a connection to the area.
Broadacres has submitted a planning application to Hambleton District Council to build 79 new homes in the village.
If approved, the vast majority of the homes (51) would be built close to an existing Broadacres development at Garbutts Lane.
This scheme, called Paddocks End, provided 16 new homes for local people, including a mum whose disabled daughter required a special-adapted bungalow and a couple who were facing the prospect of moving out of Hutton Rudby due to the high cost of private properties in the village. Princess Anne opened the development in 2017.
The new properties Broadacres is proposing to build will follow the same example as Paddocks End, using materials in keeping with the rural nature of the village, and 22 of the homes will be allocated to people with a connection to Hutton Ruby and surrounding areas.
Gail Teasdale, Broadacres’ Chief Executive, said: “We are planning to build high quality, energy efficient homes that we have a long-term interest in and which we believe would add to the village, not detract from it.
“The housing needs survey we carried out prior to the planning application revealed there is an ageing population in the village with these residents expressing a desire to downsize but wanting to remain in Hutton Rudby.
“That is why bungalows form a big part of our plans as people could move into these, freeing up larger homes in the village for families.
“Our homes would also cater for changing care and mobility issues in future years, similar to what we were able to achieve with our development at Paddocks End.
“We would also be making a positive economic impact as we would be able to help people who work in the area and who may otherwise need to move further away as they simply cannot afford to live in the area.
“Broadacres demonstrated at Paddocks End that we could work in partnership with local people to deliver a high-quality scheme and that’s exactly what we hope to replicate with our new plans. We are a good neighbour.”
At Paddocks End, Broadacres invested over £2 million in its homes. This formed part of the North Yorkshire Rural Enabler Programme, which supports the development of affordable housing so that villages remain sustainable places to live.
At that time, Amanda Madden, Hambleton and Richmondshire Rural Housing Enabler, described how it was “almost impossible for people who had grown up in Hutton Rudby to remain there due to high house prices, whether buying or renting.
She said the Broadacres homes could have been allocated three times over from the high housing need that was identified from Hutton Rudby.”
The housing association revealed more details of the scheme amid concerns from some local residents over the scale of the development.
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