The first site covered by a deal between Homes England and the Ministry of Defence to use spare military land to build housing is to be developed for up to 1,300 new homes.

Land at Claro and Deverell Barracks in Ripon, North Yorkshire, will be developed to provide the homes as well as commercial space, Homes England and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have announced.

The scheme is the first site to be progressed as part of a partnership announced in February this year between Homes England, the government’s housing delivery agency, and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to develop surplus MoD land across the country.

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