DELAYED plans for a new care home in Selby have been recommended for approval by council planning officers.

Proposals for the care home on Union Lane, which would house 74 en-suite bedrooms, creating 12 to 15 new permanent jobs and 40 part-time posts, were put before Selby District Council’s planning committee last month.

But a decision on the plans was deferred by councillors after a number of concerns were raised about on-site parking and access.

North Yorkshire County Council highways officers raised no objections to the designs, which include 25 parking spaces, a single disabled space and space for an ambulance, but concerns from nearby residents and a petition containing nine signatures complained that “the lack of parking would impede on local business”, and encourage illegal parking on Union Lane.

A number of conditions have been added to the plans to attempt to ensure that visibility issues and adequate access are taken care of before construction of the care home begins, including the relocation or removal of a telegraph pole on the site.

Speaking to The Press when the decision was deferred, Councillor Steve Shaw-Wright said delaying the plans was a sensible move. He said: “The care home is welcomed by the community, just the access and the parking issues need to be sorted out before it’s built.

“We can do some mitigation on entry and access to the home, which is on an already busy road. It’s a lot easier to get it sorted before it gets up and running, and importantly, before there is an accident.”

The plans go before the council tomorrow and, if approval is given, developers The Ladhar Group would need to apply to the county council’s highways department for a licence to make amendments to the site access.