Council still waiting on Government decision on Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre

Linton-on-Ouse. Photo: DS Pugh.

Hambleton District Council chiefs say they are still waiting for the Government to make a decision on whether asylum seekers will be housed at the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse.

The authority has threatened legal action if the Government presses ahead with the proposal for the facility for 1,500 asylum seekers.

The scheme has angered local residents who have accused the Home Office of treating them as “collateral damage”.

In an update issued today, Councillor Mark Robson, leader of Hambleton District Council said: “We continue to await a response from the Home Office in relation to the Pre-Action Protocol letter issued a few weeks ago.

“The Home Office has provided a response to the Planning Contravention Notice which our legal team has responded to.

“We have provided further information and comments to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) in response to further information provided by the Home Office in respect to questions DLUHC asked relating to the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment.

“We continue to seek legal advice and await further information from the Home Office with regard their intentions for the site going forward.

“At present we continue to understand that no final decision has been taken by Ministers to accommodate asylum seekers at RAF Linton and that we will receive at least seven days’ notice from the Home Office should they intend to begin moving people onto the site.

“A definitive decision on the council’s next steps has not yet been made as we are expecting to receive a substantive response to the Pre-Action Protocol letter imminently.”

The council chief said that once this response was received, the authority would consider its next move.

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