The Chief Executive of Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce has given her backing to a proposed new settlement at Flaxby as the Local Plan has been progressed to the next stage.

Harrogate Borough Council has shown a preference for a development at Green Hammerton rather than Flaxby. Sandra Doherty, the Chief Executive of the Chamber, argues it is a much less sustainable option.

The plans were passed by the council at a meeting on Wednesday night and will now go out for a further round of public consultation in January.