Overview

Skipton Road, Harrogate

Project type: New Neighbourhood
Client: Home Group
Stage: Detailed Planning Consent

At Skipton Road, on the outskirts of Harrogate, JTP has created a new neighbourhood in a reinterpretation of the local vernacular of North Yorkshire, designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Set within an 18.6 ha site the neighbourhood, for client Home Group, will deliver a total of 345 homes in two phases, arranged into several distinct character areas.

The gently sloping topography of the site naturally creates views towards Harrogate and out over the surrounding countryside, as well as providing the opportunity to integrate sustainable drainage features throughout.

The proposals received Reserved Matters approval from Harrogate Borough Council in March 2018.

“
Skipton Road is set around generous and open landscape that takes advantage of the fantastic views, and JTP has delivered on plans that enhance the area and will encourage a strong sense of community.
Brian Ham, Executive Director of Development at Home Group

Project Delivery

  • Throughout the design process JTP worked closely with local interest groups to protect and enhance important elements of the existing landscape, including a disused quarry
  • The 345 new homes include innovative, bespoke designs to suit specific market groups such as downsizers, first time buyers and families, and will deliver 40% affordable housing, designed to be tenure blind to support community cohesion
  • Large landscaped areas include community growing gardens and play spaces, within a layout which prioritises pedestrians and cyclists with an extensive network of scenic foot and cycle paths
  • Richly landscaped ecological corridors integrate around the new homes, most of which overlook these spaces, maximising views for residents and providing natural surveillance
  • A central parkland, The Meadows, will create a green heart for the community, with a series of interlinked wildflower meadows defined by trees and orchards and criss-crossed by footpaths
  • The new neighbourhood aims to build a strong community by providing a varied sequence of streets and spaces designed to make orientation easy, create strong focal points and foster social interaction between new and existing residents
Project type: New Neighbourhood
Client: Home Group
Stage: Detailed Planning Consent
Project Team
Ian Fenn
Ian Fenn
Partner
Joanna Allen
Joanna Allen
Partner
Andrew Dobson
Andrew Dobson
Associate
Joe Wood
Joe Wood
Design Manager
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