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More than 150 people have attended a public exhibition to learn more about plans for a major new community outside York.
The event, held at Escrick and Deighton Club on Friday, October 15, formed part of an eight-week consultation on the proposed Heronby settlement in North Yorkshire, which if approved could see the creation of 3,500 homes, schools, shops, workplaces and a 50-hectare country park between York and Selby.
The completed scheme would be south-west of the village of Escrick, with Escrick Park Estate leading as master developer, who said the scheme "won't happen overnight."
An early masterplan for Heronby was drawn up as part of the former Selby Local Plan process in 2021, under Selby District Council - before North Yorkshire Council halted work on it when coming into existence in April 2023 - and previous events have been held, according to the estate.
Before the exhibition on Friday, questions were raised by campaigners from the Halt Heronby Action Group about traffic, infrastructure and deliverability of the project.
The event was held as part of an eight-week consultation into plans for the new settlement between York and Selby (Image: Contributed)
Beilby Forbes Adam, managing partner of Escrick Park Estate, said: "We’ve been working on Heronby since 2020 when the old Selby District Council wanted to see what a new settlement in the area might look like.
"This wasn’t the first event we’ve held by any means.
"We have listened to what people have told us already and made a lot of changes to those early concept proposals.
"This month’s exhibition was to seek people’s thoughts on our latest masterplan as we draw up an outline planning application."
An artist's impression of a Heronby residential street (Image: Contributed)
He said that traffic concerns dominated the previous feedback.
"Traffic on the A19 was the biggest concern people had previously so we’ve spent a lot of time working on this and modelling solutions.
"Our traffic consultants were certainly kept busy talking through these solutions with people coming along to the exhibition.
"I know a lot of visitors left a lot more reassured than when they arrived."
The exhibition marks the latest stage in a consultation that began in early September.
Mr Forbes Adam encouraged further community input, adding: "Now we’ve been able to show more advanced ideas, we’re keen to hear from as many people as possible about what they think."