Heronby
{{Short description|Proposed development in Yorkshire, England}}
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| buildings = 3,500–3,800 homes
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Heronby is a proposed development village close to Escrick, in North Yorkshire, England. The plans detail a village of between 3,500 and 3,800 houses with a shopping area, clustered around an ancient woodland. The development has been criticised for its lack of transport, the effect on the ancient woodland, and the population numbers living there, which objectors state would make it a town, not a village.
Background
The development of Heronby is named after Heron Wood, the place where the proposed village would be built.{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Joe |title=Plan for 'garden village' opposed by action group |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=1 September 2022 |page=7|issn=0963-1496}} The site is south of the village of Stillingfleet, and would cover an area of between {{convert|70|ha}} and {{convert|241|ha}}.{{cite news |title=Heronby: New village would provide up to 3,800 homes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62391541 |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=BBC News |date=3 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Heronby |url=https://www.heronby.co.uk/ |website=heronby.co.uk |access-date=20 March 2024 |date=11 January 2024}} The proposal was put forward in 2021, and was adopted into a planning blueprint to provide new homes in the area by 2040. However, due to concerns over transport issues, the proposal for Heronby was removed from the plan in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Haydn |title='Plan remains firmly on the table' for 4,000 new homes south of York |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24102119.heronby-plan-york-selby-still-table/ |access-date=20 March 2024 |work=York Press |date=7 February 2024}}{{cite news |title=Heronby: Plans for new village cut from council strategy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68221381 |access-date=20 March 2024 |work=BBC News |date=6 February 2024}}
Besides the homes, the plan detailed the building of two primary schools, a high school, park, high street and market area.{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Sharon |title=Welcome to Heronby - a grand plan for a new village or town |work=The Yorkshire Post|page=4|location=The Yorkshire Post Property|issn=0963-1496}} The village is slated to have up to 386 homes built over the course of each year of the project, and the development is claimed to sustain 12,300 full-time jobs.{{cite news |editor-last1=Chapman |editor-first1=Hannah |title=New village could cater for nearly 4,000 homes |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=31–2022 |date=5 August 2022 |page=64|issn=2516-5348}}
Objections
Four local communities banded together to form the Halt Heronby Action Group. Villagers and parish councils in Deighton, Escrick, Riccall and Stillingfleet have said that the 3,500-home development would mean a population of 12,000, which they stated was not a village, but a town bigger than Tadcaster. They also objected to the plan on account of the damage it would cause to local woodland.{{cite news |title=Heronby: Campaign launched against plans for new village |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62746175 |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=BBC News |date=1 September 2022}}
In October 2022, the City of York Council released a report criticising the plan, stating it would add extra pressure on their area, as it was only {{convert|1|km|adj=on}} south of their boundary. The report claimed that the impact upon local services, and the extra traffic on the A19, had not been taken into account by the developers.{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Joe |title=New 3,500-home community 'may cost city tens of millions' |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=27 October 2022 |page=2|issn=0963-1496}} York Council stated that the plans for a new secondary school within the development would "not materialise", meaning spaces at Fulford School would be at a premium, meaning "children who live in York could be displaced".{{cite news |title=Heronby: York council objects to Selby council's new village plan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-63416663 |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=BBC News |date=28 October 2022}}
In February 2024, North Yorkshire Council "paused" the development due to transport issues, but the developers stated that the project was still on the table, whilst council planners consider the next steps to take.{{cite news |title=Heronby: Plans for new village cut from council strategy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68221381 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=BBC News |date=6 February 2024}}
See also
- Maltkiln, a similar new village development near to Kirk Hammerton
References
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External links
- [https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s163148/Annex%203.pdf Plans of the site] hosted on York Council website