Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Apartments plan for Gale Lane following demolition of bungalow

Below is the latest planning application received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

Full details can be found by clicking the words highlighted in blue

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61A Gale Lane York YO24 3AD

Proposal          Erection of 5no. apartments and 2no. semi-detached bungalows to rear following the demolition of existing building

Reference       17/00555/FUL

Acomb Methodist Church Front Street York YO24 3BX

Proposal          Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of permitted application15/02252/FUL to include addition of porch to main entrance door and to approve details required by condition 4 (archaeological watching brief)

Reference       17/00714/FUL

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 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/

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

What’s on in York: Poetry, Protest and Imprisonment in 18th century York – James Montgomery in York Castle

York Explore Library

Tue 11 Apr

6.15pm – 7.45pm

£6 (£5 with a YorkCard)

AprilWhen Sheffield legend James Montgomery died in 1854 a life-size bronze statue was erected in his honour. He was mourned as a generous philanthropist, prolific hymn-writer, captain of industry and life-long abolitionist. Half a century earlier Montgomery known as editor of Sheffield’s most radical newspaper, in which he published dangerous poems of protest. In 1795 Montgomery was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, branded a ‘treasonous and seditious libeller’ and condemned to a sentence in York Castle Prison. This lecture will contextualise the poetry he wrote from this cell, shining light on a forgotten moment in the York’s history.

This is an opportunity to become acquainted with one of Britain’s most unfairly forgotten poets: a man who was friends with William Wordsworth and Bob Southey, championed by Lord Byron and regarded by one of his early American biographers as a ‘lost Romantic.’ Not only will the audience meet Montgomery through his works and poetry, but in this lecture they will find him enduring the most difficult trials of his career (literally and figuratively) as he was confined to a cell here in York, simply for questioning the decisions of his so-called social superiors.

For more information or to book a ticket visit www.yortime.org.uk.