The start of work on an £8m housing project in North Yorkshire was celebrated by the partners when Sanctuary Group was joined by representatives from North Yorkshire County Council, the Government's Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Keepmoat at a sod cutting ceremony on the site at Eastfield, near Scarborough.

Sanctuary is developing a 60 unit extra care scheme for the over 55s at the site, located to the north of Overdale in Eastfield.

This extra care scheme is part of the first phase of a wider development in Eastfield, named Middle Deepdale, whereby over the next 15 years, a total of 1,350 new homes will be created along with a primary school and community hall with retail provision, as well as footpaths, landscaping, and open plan spaces.


The scheme, which will be managed by Sanctuary Extra Care, will include facilities such as a restaurant, gym, library, sensory garden, hair and beauty salon and three retail units, some of which will be made available to the wider community. This development will also benefit the younger people of Scarborough, with two apprenticeship posts created and another seven apprentices, already working with contractor Keepmoat, to be given the opportunity to continue learning their trade on the site.

Andrew White, Sanctuary’s director of development - commercial, said: "It is great to see work begin at this development which will help to kick-start the much anticipated new private housing at Middle Deepdale. Through the extra care scheme, Sanctuary is creating much needed homes for those over 55, and at the same time, providing young people from the area with the opportunities they need to begin a career in the building trade."

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