Latest Planning applications Acomb and Westfield

Below is the latest planning application received by the York Council last week. Full details can be found by clicking the application reference

Acomb

Ref No: 13/00494/FUL
Location: 134A Boroughbridge Road York YO26 6AL
Proposal: Erection of 2no. semi-detached dwellings and associated car parking to rear of 134A Boroughbridge Road
Applicant: K Pallister Contact: Neil Conway Consultation Expiry Date: 26 August 2013 Case Officer: Erik Matthews Expected Decision Level: DEL

Ref No: 13/02600/FUL
Location: 30 Chestnut Grove York YO26 5LE
Proposal: Single storey side and rear extension and porch to front (resubmission)
Applicant: Mr And Mrs Pope Contact: Mr Howard Berry Consultation Expiry Date: 26 August 2013Case Officer: Heather Fairy (Mon – Wed) Expected Decision DEL

Westfield

Ref No: 13/02542/ADV
Location: Greggs 5 Odsal House Front Street York YO24 3BL
Proposal: Display of externally illuminated hanging sign
Applicant: Mrs Sara Humphries Consultation Expiry Date 26 August 2013 Case Officer: Carolyn Howarth Expected Decision Level DEL

Ref No: 13/02550/FUL
Location: 59 Gladstone Street Acomb York YO24 4NQ
Proposal: Single storey rear extension
Applicant: Mr Paul Crosby
Contact Mr J Funnell Consultation Expiry Date 26 August 2013 Case Officer: Sharon Jackson Expected Decision Level DEL

Ref No: 13/02558/FUL
Location: 59 Thoresby Road York YO24 3EN
Proposal: Two storey side extension and porch to front
Applicant: Mr Lee Nicholas Contact Mr Kevin Bristowe Consultation Expiry Date 26 August 2013 Case Officer: Heather Fairy (Mon – Wed) Expected Decision DEL

Representations can be made in favour of, or in objection to, any application via the Planning on line web site. http://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/

NB. The Council now no longer routinely consults neighbours by letter when an application is received.

“York Council breached Freedom of Information law” – Information Commissioner’s decision

The Information Commissioners Office has ruled that the York Council breached Freedom of information legislation when it refused to reveal how many “All York” bus tickets’ had been sold in the City.

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The decision notice will be published on the Commissioners web site shortly.

The case dates back 12 months to a time when the York Council announced that it was planning to subsidise a new bus ticket which would allow passengers to travel on services provided by more than one operator.

The Council allocated £20,000 of taxpayers money to fund the launch and then agreed to resource the backroom apportionment work involved in distributing fare income to bus operators.

The option was labelled an “All York” ticket. They were priced at £5 for an adult.

The Council were subsequently asked to indicate how many of the tickets had actually being sold?

The Council declined to disclose the information on the grounds that it was “commercially confidential”.

However, the Information Commissioner has now confirmed that the aggregated sales figures cannot be regarded as confidential as they don’t reveal the number of sales made by each bus company.

He has ordered the Council to release the sales figures.

The decision notice reads,

“The Commissioners decision is that the City of York Council has failed to demonstrate that section 41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act is engaged.

The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation –

• Disclose the information to the complainant”

Former Council Leader Steve Galloway, who raised the issue last year, commented,

“The mistake concerned one of several outstanding issues that bus passengers in York have with the Council.

The most serious of these is a failure to publish, on a regular basis, reliability information on local bus services.

Hopefully the Council will now side with passengers in their quest for timely information about bus service operations in the City”.