With the closure of the Beckfield Lane recycling centre many residents will be making better use of the skips that visit the area on Saturdays.
In the main they are funded, through estate improvement budgets, by the Council’s Housing Department.

Sat 16th June 08:30 – 09:30 Morrell Court Foxwood

Sat 16th June 10:30 – 11:30 Rogers Court Foxwood

Sat 14th July 10:30 – 11:30 Cornlands Road near shops Cornlands
Sat 14th July 08:30 – 10:30 Sanderson House Bramham Road Chapelfields
Sat 14th July 08:30 – 09:30 Oldman Court Foxwood
Sat 14th July 10:30 – 11:30 Spurr Court Foxwood
Sat 14th July 12:30 – 13:30 Bellhouse Way Foxwood
Sat 21st July 08:30 – 09:30 Opp 70 Kingsway West Kingsway
Sat 21st July 10:30 – 11:30 Opp 65 Stuart Road Kingsway
Sat 21st July 12:30 – 13:30 Beverley Court/Kempton Close Kingsway
Sat 21st July 08:30 – 10:30 Grange Lane Chapelfields
Sat 11th Aug 08:30 – 09:30 Morrell Court Foxwood
Sat 11th Aug 10:30 – 11:30 Corlett Court Foxwood
Sat 11th Aug 12:30 – 13:30 Vincent Way Foxwood
Sat 18th Aug 08:30 – 09:30 Rogers Court Foxwood
Sat 18th Aug 12:30 – 13:30 Tithe Close Cornlands
Sat 18th Aug 08:30 – 10:30 Grange Lane Chapelfields
Sat 18th Aug 08:30 – 10:30 Sanderson House Bramham Road Chapelfields
Sat 1st Sept 08:30 – 10:30 Grange Lane Chapelfields
Sat 1st Sept 08:30 – 10:30 Sanderson House Bramham Road Chapelfields
Sat 15th Sept 12:30 – 13:30 Thoresby Road Cornlands
Sat 15th Sept 08:30 – 09:30 Oldman Court Foxwood
Sat 15th Sept 10:30 – 11:30 Spurr Court Foxwood
Sat 15th Sept 12:30 – 13:30 Bellhouse Way Foxwood
Sat 22nd Sept 08:30 – 09:30 Opp 70 Kingsway West Kingsway
Sat 22nd Sept 10:30 – 11:30 Opp 65 Stuart Road Kingsway
Sat 22nd Sept 12:30 – 13:30 Beverley Court/Kempton Close Kingsway

Offices to be turned into hotel

Residents have only 2 weeks left in which to make their views known about ambitious plans to turn the existing Council offices – which will be vacated within the next year – into an 88 bedroom hotel and restaurant.

The proposed development comprises the change of use of the existing buildings for a hotel with restaurant, bar, leisure and office uses. Some small areas of the buildings are proposed for demolition with selective new extension works and associated landscaping.

The buildings include the “crescent form array” of property (1 – 9 St Leonard’s Place) on the south side of St Leonard’s Place, which have a Grade II* listing, and 2 and 4 Museum Street, which are Grade II listed. As such, the proposed works are also the subject of a separate application for Listed Building Consent.

Although the appearance of the listed building to the front won’t change much, a planning application by new owners Rusbond does involve extensive internal modifications and an extension.

It is a great shame that the Council has not sorted out the long term future of St Leonards Place, as a decision about restricting traffic could impact on the use made of, not just this imposing building, but also others in the street.

There is talk of removing the bus stops from the frontage.

What is certain is that the car park to the side of the building – which was available for public use in the evening and weekends – will be lost as it will in future be reserved for hotel guest use.

There has been remarkably little publicity about this planning application with the supporting papers revealing initial consultation involved only a handful civic organisations.

Full details of the planning application can be found here. http://tinyurl.com/St-Leonards-Planning

City of York Council is responding to requests from parents for more advice and information on topics to do with teenagers.

The councils parenting team will be running two workshops in June and July on ‘Talking to your teen about sex’ and ‘Enjoying your teens.’

Talking to your Kids about Sex. Thursday 21 June 12.30 – 2.30 at Hob Moor Children’s Centre. This workshop is for parents of children of all ages and includes ideas for tackling those difficult questions about sex, where to find resources and to remind parents how all the bits work!

Enjoying your Teens. Friday 13 July 10am – 12noon, Haxby Road Children’s Centre. This workshop is for parents of teens and includes ideas for understanding teenage behaviour and some strategies for dealing with what can sometimes be a bit of a testing time.

Workshops can be repeated in the evening if there is enough interest from parents who cannot attend during the day.

Parents can book a place on a workshop via the council’s Family Information Service on 554444 or fis@york.gov.uk or text direct on 07833 482 284.

To find out more about this, and the range of other programmes available in York for parents of children of all ages, parents can access the Parent’s Zone at www.yor-ok.org.uk

City of York Council will be carrying essential resurfacing works in Haxby this Monday (18th June). Carriageway resurfacing works will take place on The Village (road) Haxby, between and including the junctions with Westfield Road and York Road roundabout. The works will start on Monday 18 June for completion by Friday 29 June. The works will take place weekdays only between 9:15 am and 4pm