Police urge bikers and drivers to keep safe

“We are getting towards the end of the motorbike season and for many bikers it’s been a great season – they have got lots of miles in and confidence is up.

Motorcycle crash

 Over the summer we have had a lower number of biker deaths than we have seen over recent years, which is great news. So it’s really sad to say that already this autumn we have seen four bikers die in road accidents in North Yorkshire.

If you are thinking about getting the leathers on and going out for the last few weekends of good light and good weather, please do take care. Read the road, slow down for junctions and be particularly careful on bends and when overtaking.   Also to keep safe assume that other road users haven’t seen you.

Insp Dave Barf of the Roads Policing Group said – ‘I want you to enjoy your driving and rides on the roads in North Yorkshire.  Most importantly I want you to go home at the end of your trips to enjoy your homes and families. Please treat the roads and other road users with the respect that you yourself would expect.’

‘Car drivers should make sure that they make good observation and take account of motorcycles.  Check your mirrors before altering position or turning.  Bikers keep an eye on the vehicles around you.  Expect the unexpected and don’t assume you’ve been seen”.’

Deadline for Secondary School applications nears

York HighWith all open days for York secondary schools now completed, parents are reminded that applications for secondary school places for September 2016 should be made before 31 October 2015.

Parents of children currently in Year 6 – the last year of primary school – should apply for a maximum of five schools and one preference should be the catchment school.

Applications can be made online at www.york.gov.uk/schooladmissions

All details and answers to frequently asked questions can be found at www.york.gov.uk/guideforparents. This guide, updated for 2016 admissions, contains information on school admissions and appeals processes as well as information on admissions statistics, oversubscription criteria and other information for parents and carers. Also online are details for service families and information on fair access.

Applicants will be advised of their allocated school on National Offer Day, 1 March 2016.

For more detailed information, please email: education@york.gov.uk or call 01904 551 554.

Over 1,500 items security marked on York allotments

dot-peen-chassis-componentOver 1,500 items have been security marked during the summer months by City of York Council working alongside North Yorkshire Police and the city’s allotment associations.

As part of the new York Allotments Against Crime campaign, the security marker was funded by a Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Fund grant awarded to Bootham Stray Allotment Association – with support from City of York Council.

Property marking events have run from early July until September with hundreds of people turning up to have some 1,500 items marked and recorded. Should they be stolen and retrieved they will be more quickly returned to the owner and, if possible, used as evidence.

Councillor Nigel Ayre, Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Tourism at City of York Council, said: “This is a great result for the allotment tenants on our 18 sites. At Low Moor Allotments, 246 items were marked, at Holgate 180 while on the last session at Scarcroft and Hospital Fields Allotment, we secure 167 items. Backed by a social media campaign under the #whatisdotpeen hashtag and with our partners at North Yorkshire Police, this campaign is helping reassure allotment holders and increase their enjoyment of gardening.”

Councillor David Carr, Executive Member for Housing and Safer Neighbourhoods, said: “We continue to advise allotment holders to take any valuable tools home with them or ensure larger items are securely anchored or chained in a locked shed. These markers are a real asset in the fight against allotment crime and, following this success, we hope to repeat the scheme next year.”

For more information on the York Allotments Against Crime (YAAC) and further tool marking opportunities please contact Darren Lovatt on allotments@york.gov.uk or go to https://www.york.gov.uk/allotments

Acomb Councillor faces planning application rebuff

Hambleton District Council Picture by Dawn McNamara June 2009

Hambleton District Council
Picture by Dawn McNamara
June 2009

Officials are recommending that a planning application to build a house on land next to 27 Lidgett Grove in Acomb be refused. The application, submitted by Acomb Ward Councillor Keith Myers, would have seen a two story three bedroomed property built.  A similar application had been refused last year. 

Four neighbours have objected. Officials support the objections and conclude, “The erection of the proposed dwelling would result in the loss of an important gap in the street scene, resulting in a loss of openness and a form of development that is uncharacteristic of the established layout and pattern of development in the locality. The proposed dwelling would have no rear garden, a small side garden and front garden half given over to the parking of vehicle(s)”.

If rejected the applicant has a right of appeal.

The application will be considered at a meeting taking place on 15th October 2015. Other items (click to access) on the agenda are applications for:

Erection of 14 dwellings following demolition of existing bowling clubhouse and garage block. [Fulford and HeslingtonWard]  Report_St Oswalds Road (Connaught Court), 11/06/2015 Area Planning Sub-Committee , item 4a

Change of use from workshop to farm shop and erection of fence to front (retrospective). [Fulford and Heslington Ward]

Erection of petrol service station with retail unit. [Fishergate Ward] [Site Visit]

Erection of two storey detached dwelling [Guildhall Ward]

Change of use from office (use class B1) to restaurant/ cafe (use class A3 [Osbaldwick and Derwent Ward]

Single storey side and rear extension. [Hull Road Ward]

Change of use of dwelling house (use class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (use class C4) [Osbaldwick and Derwent Ward]

Single storey side extension. [Micklegate Ward]

Acomb Wood gets grant from Yorwaste

Acomb WoodThe Friends of Acomb Wood, which which is located between Foxwood and Woodthorpe, are £8393 better off this morning thanks to a grant from local waste management company Yorkwaste.

The company operates the nearby Harewood Whin landfill site and distributes grants each year to local environmental projects.

The Friends of Acomb Wood are a voluntary conservation body which has recently provided improved paths through the wood. 

They have produced an on line album detailing their work. It can be accessed via the following link: http://tinyurl.com/AcombWoodPhoto

The friends group welcome new volunteer helpers and can be contacted on York  (01904)  553392 Email: maryhayward@btinternet.com

Yorwaste has also provided grant for a National railway museum ambulance train project 

 

What’s on: Mediterranean Magic

Sat 10 Oct: 10.00am – 3.30pm

Huntington School, Huntington, York, YO32 9WT

med-magic

Spend a day recreating some wonderful holiday memories with our Mediterranean cookery workshop. A demonstration & hands-on class exploring these wonderful culinary cultures.

Gain new skills that you can use in your own kitchen over and over again to impress friends and family.

Click here for further details