00:00A derelict former children's home can be redeveloped into flats and houses after
00:05standing empty for decades. Plans to turn the Bramham house site near
00:09Weatherby into 45 homes have been approved by the council. The building on
00:14Freely Lane will be transformed into 20 houses and 25 apartments.
00:19Councillors Alan Lamb and Norma Harrington supported the planning
00:22application despite concerns raised by people living nearby. They said securing
00:27a viable redevelopment of the long empty site would be preferable to seeing it
00:32remain unused. 16 of the new homes should have been classed as affordable but the
00:37developer said the project had zero margin for lower cost homes.
