Let's be absolutely clear about housing in this country and what the Campaign to Protect Rural Englands works for!

There IS an identified shortage of affordable and social housing, we all know this and accept it.  

There’s NO identified need for, or identified shortage of detached executive homes.

In November 2017 CPRENorthYorkshire objected to the principle of development regarding an application at Kirby Hill in the Harrogate area.  As seems to be the trend, the developer has come back with an outline application reducing the number of houses - we objected to the principle of developing this land! 80, 50, 30 makes no difference on this site, outside development limits and in an area where:

Harrogate Planners have notified CPRENorth Yorkshire that the application to build 80 dwellings has been refused. 

The reasons are below, CPRE North Yorkshire worked with Hampsthwaite Action group to object to the development in this beleaguered village