Next Thursday’s York Council planning committee is being recommended to approve plans to convert the Council offices in St Leonards Place into a hotel. See our previous story for more details http://tinyurl.com/St-Leonards-York

Only a handful of representations have been made on the plans.

Concerns about air quality for hotel staff have been raised given the congested nature of the nearby public highway.

A separate application for listed building consent is also being recommended for approval.

Background papers can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/St-Leonards-report

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North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 15 August and Tuesday 21 August 2012.

•A64 Seamer by-pass Scarborough
•A64 Seamer Road, Scarborough
•A64 Between Barton-le-Willows and Jinnah
•A64 Between Barton Hill and Whitwell Hill
•A64 west-bound Bowbridge Farm Tadcaster
•A64 east-bound Bowbridge Farm Tadcaster
•Brayton Lane, Brayton, Selby
•Barff Lane, Brayton, Selby
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Parking restrictions on Poppleton Road

Additional parking restrictions are to be introduced on Poppleton Road. The decision to advertise the proposals was taken at another behind closed doors decision making session at the end of July.

Residents will have only a few weeks to register their objections.

It seems unlikely that many will even know about the proposals given that the Council has also abandoned its regular communication newsletters with residents.

We are reproducing the plans here (see right).

In essence the introduction of bus priority measures – linked to the opening of a new Park and Ride facility at Poppleton – is prompting changes to the layout of the Poppleton Road carriageway between Holgate Park Drive and the Fox.

This plan does affect on street parking.

Details of the reports presented to the meeting can be found here. http://tinyurl.com/Poppleton-Road-bus-lane

Poppleton School

Poppleton Road Primary School has recently started using a different pupil entrance on Seldon Road. The school “keep clear” road markings with a mandatory “no stopping” order associated with the former entrance is still in place, whilst parking is currently permitted near the new entrance where there is now a natural desire line for pedestrians to cross.

The main proposal is to remove the existing school keep clear marking and install another one centred on the new pupil entrance as shown in the diagram (right) As now, a mandatory no stopping order (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 9.30am and 3pm to 4pm) would accompany the road marking.

Due to the position of existing double yellow lines, the relocation of the school keep clear marking would reduce the space available for on-street parking in an area of high demand. Therefore, the proposals also include the removal of a short length of no waiting at any time to retain the same number of parking spaces. However parking would still be prohibited opposite Carrington Avenue to enable larger vehicles to turn in and out.

Only one of the areas 3 Labour Councillors responded to a consultation letter on the plans. As far as we can find out, they did not take the time to consult local residents who could be affected by the plans.

Details of the reports presented to the meeting can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/cbvwe23

City of York Council will be carrying out essential work as part of phased repairs to the riverbank between Clifton and Scarborough Bridges, next week (20 August), lasting for approximately ten-weeks.

The work will involve repairing 420m of existing riverbank between the bridges, which has been damaged by river erosion and the growth of self-set trees, which are destroying the existing structure. Total failure of the embankment structure could damage the National Cycle Route 65 (running along the bank top) and a nearby public sewer serving the whole of Clifton.
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