Uncertainty still surrounds whether the former RAF Linton on Ouse base will become a processing centre for asylum seekers.
The Home Office announced in early April that the base would be used to house around 1,500 male asylum seekers who had mostly arrived in the UK via boats across the Channel.
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This sparked impassioned objections from local residents, Thirsk MP Kevin Hollinrake and Hambleton District Council who questioned the suitability of such a rural location for an asylum centre.
The district council launched a legal challenge and its leader Councillor Mark Robson said the authority continues to await a response from the Home Office in relation to the Pre-Action Protocol letter issued a few weeks ago.
He said: “The Home Office has provided a response to the Planning Contravention Notice which our legal team has responded to.
“We have provided further information and comments to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) in response to further information provided by the Home Office in respect to questions DLUHC asked relating to the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment.
“We continue to seek legal advice and await further information from the Home Office with regard their intentions for the site going forward.
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“At present we continue to understand that no final decision has been taken by Ministers to accommodate asylum seekers at RAF Linton and that we will receive at least seven days’ notice from the Home Office should they intend to begin moving people onto the site.
“A definitive decision on the council’s next steps has not yet been made as we are expecting to receive a substantive response to the Pre-Action Protocol letter imminently.
"Once this response is received, it will be carefully considered and assessed alongside the legal advice the council receives.”
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