FAMILIES whose homes were built in the wrong place have had their anxious wait prolonged, after developers and council officials missed a planning deadline.

Dozens of people have been in limbo since July, when Yorkshire Housing admitted mistakes had been made at its new Hob Stone development in Windsor Garth in Acomb, as first revealed by The Press.

Yorkshire Housing had to submit a new planning application to City of York Council, and residents are waiting to hear whether the unintended revisions will be approved or whether the homes must be demolished and rebuilt.

A decision on what should happen was meant to have been made by last Friday, and the council said last month that no delay was envisaged. 

But discussions between the developer and City of York Council have taken longer than expected.

Yorkshire Housing said the sticking point was around the section 106 agreement, which deals with making work that would usually be unacceptable more acceptable, such as by funding improvements in the community.

A Yorkshire housing spokesperson said: “The City of York Council and Yorkshire Housing agreed to extend the deadline to complete of the section 106 legal agreement that accompanies the planning application.

York Press:

"Subject to this legal agreement being approved, City of York Council has indicated that everything is in order to allow them to give a decision later in the month.”

Work was almost complete when a late check revealed some houses were built in the wrong position and the road lay-out that was built did not match the approved plans for the site, on the land formerly occupied by Our Lady's RC School.

Of the 55 homes, sales have been agreed for 14 and the other 41 are for rent.

The council's planning website says a new deadline of this Friday has been set.