The agenda for the next Westfield Ward committee meeting has been amended  to include an item on the proposed development of the playing field at Lowfields.

The Council’s development plan has provoked a lot of opposition in the area and a “Save Lowfields Playing Field” action group has been set up.

The meeting on 29th March will hear an update on the Councils plans which have yet to navigate various planning hurdles.

In 2007, when the Lowfields and Oaklands schools were merged to form a “York High School” the Council gave assurances that only the built footprint of the former Lowfields school would be redeveloped.

The Council reneged on that promise last summer when it published comprehensive redevelopment plans which would see 162 homes built on the site.

The new High school buildings in Cornlands Road were occupied in September 2009 but the Lowfields playing field continues to be used for sporting activities to this day.