WORK is about to start on the first phase of a new 60-home development in Helmsley.

The new development at Swanland Road will comprise of a mix of two to five-bedroom homes – and six will be sold at a discounted rate to allow local young people to get on the property ladder.

Builders Wharfedale Homes recently developed 20 homes at the nearby Linkfoot Lane site and, following the success of that, interest in the new homes is expected to be high.

Director Chris Patmore said: “The homes at Linkfoot Lane have been really popular with Helmsley’s residents who are downsizing and also homebuyers new to Helmsley.”

The development is expected to take three years to complete and is being built using limestone and have been designed to blend sympathetically with the surrounding architecture.