As revealed by The Press online earlier this week, residents and local councillors spoke out amid concerns over plans to sell Severus Hill in Holgate.
The site - owned Keyland, a sister company of Yorkshire Water - was due to be sold off by Auction House on October 25, with a guide price of £95,000.
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