Editing Wetherby (section)

== Housing ==
[[File:York Place Flats, Wetherby (12th October 2013).JPG|thumb|right|Medium-rise blocks of flats in York Place]]
In 1914, 100 dwellings in Wetherby were considered unfit for habitation. This, and previous reports under the [[Housing and Town Planning Act 1909]], led to the building of many villas. There are many surviving examples of these, such as Park Villas, York Place, Grosvenor Terrace and Sandringham Terrace. Landlords found these hard to let due to exorbitant rents and many remained empty for years. This also led to the demolition of the town's Bishopgate area. In 1910, the parish council started a programme to install street lighting in the hope of bettering the standard of living and reducing crime.

It was not until the post-war years that large [[housing estates]] appeared throughout Wetherby. From the 1940s until the 1980s, many large estates were built from scratch. Both the local corporation and the private sector built many houses to satisfy the huge demand for homes in Wetherby. Developer Norman Ashton's company, [[Ashtons]], were responsible for much of the housing in Wetherby, particularly around the Ainsty Estate, Hall Orchards and Templar Gardens areas. Most housing in the town is from these years. There is a wide variety of housing types in Wetherby, including waterside penthouses, [[council housing|council flats]] and [[Maisonette (apartment)|maisonettes]], large [[detached houses]], small [[terraced housing|terraces]] and probably the most common, the three bedroomed twentieth century [[semi-detached]] home.