A compulsory purchase order could be used to guarantee that a 4,000-home development near York is built.
Friday, 8 December 2023 16:42
By Thomas Barrett
North Yorkshire Council is prepared to use its compulsory purchase powers as a “last resort” so the Maltkiln settlement can be built, according to a report. The potential town and two primary schools would be constructed off the A64 towards York near the villages of Cattal, Whixley, Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton. But the future of Maltkiln was thrown into disarray in January when a key landowner, which owns fields around Cattal train station making up around half of the proposed site, pulled out.
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