As recently reported, Mulgrave Properties has applied to build the 1-4-bed homes (30% affordable) on a 2.7ha Green Belt site north of North Lane, currently used as two small paddocks and a garden.
Wheldrake ward councillor Christian Vassie says Wheldrake, which has a population of around 2,000 has only recently received approval for 150 homes at another site, yet it has “no primary care services… No doctor, no dentist, no pharmacy.”
Bus services are infrequent, with no service on a Sunday and there no safe cycle route to York despite campaigns from residents for decades.
Cllr Vassie says people accept a need for new homes but the approved scheme and the proposed scheme would increase Wheldrake’s population by over a third.
A report recently said a cycle route could be provided for £280,000 and without it, the extra homes would only generate more traffic, contrary to council climate change policy to reduce co2 emissions.
Only when better bus services, a cycle route, and a primary care cent
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A SIDE road close to a major development in York is closed this week.
