Inspector backs locals over Bedale care complex | Darlington and Stockton Times
An artist's impression of the proposed extra care scheme for Bedale CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans for a controversial £12.5m extra care scheme they protested would be an oversized blot on the landscape have been rejected. The three storey block in Queen Anne's Drive, Bedale, was put forward by North Yorkshire county council and Broadacres Housing Association to provide a 59 bed complex to cater for older and vulnerable people. But residents have fought a major campaign to stop it going ahead, warning the planned building was too big, too high,would cause ecological damage and...