Tough line taken on nuisance tenants

But Council fails to support “Good Tenants”

A tough line is being taken on council tenants whose anti-social behaviour has prompted York’s magistrates to close their homes.

The Community Safety Hub – which includes council and North Yorkshire Police officers – has been supported by local residents to help act to stop the pattern of anti-social behaviour at four York council homes.

As part of their tenancy agreement council tenants or their visitors must not act in a way which intimidates or disturbs their neighbours. To do so risks losing their tenancy.

An address at Dale Street, York has been closed up to prevent tenant Scott Berkley (aged 43 of Dale Street, York) from continuing to create nuisance. The court heard of his repeated loud shouting, swearing and verbal abuse of neighbours. Neighbours regularly reported needles discarded in the gardens and were disturbed by multiple visitors to the property every day and at all hours.

During a tenancy of less than two years, Mr Berkley was convicted three times for possession of drugs and on 14 August 2018 at York Magistrates Court he pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to a Community Rehabilitation Order for 12 months and ordered to repay the victim £200.
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Crooked Brewers seek licence on Acomb Green

The licensing application for a new pub on Acomb Green will be heard on 30th August. The Crooked Brewing company want to open between 11:00am and midnight, 7 days a week.

Although there are already take-aways (and, nearby, another pub) in the Greenside House block, the area is predominantly residential in character

The operators have agreed to conditions including the installation of CCTV and that alcohol will not be served after 11:30pm

The main objections to the proposal relate to there being an adequate number of alcohol outlets in Acomb already.

We doubt that late night pubs are necessary to meet demand across the whole of the week. Weekends may be different.

However, the company does seem to offer something new and could complement the efforts being made by other traders to improve the shopping and leisure experience available in the Front Street area.

Details of the background papers for the hearing can be viewed by clicking here

Open air cinema in Deans Park from 27th August

The country’s leading producer of open-air cinema, The Luna Cinema, is coming to Dean’s Park for the first time this summer. With the stunning Gothic cathedral and beautiful stained glass windows providing the ultimate backdrop, it will make for a fabulous night of cinema under the stars.

Monday 27 August (8.00pm – doors open 6.30pm)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG) 133mins 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the first prequel of a series of films based the book of the same title and is one of the companion books to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

The movie is set in New York in 1926, seventy years before the Harry Potter series, and features Newton Scamander as a main character. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them tells us that Scamander had been travelling the world in research of magical creatures since 1918, culminating with the publication of his masterpiece in 1927.

To book tickets for Fantastic Beasts, click here

Tuesday 28 August (8.00pm – doors open 6.30pm)
The Greatest Showman (PG) 105mins 
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

To book tickets for The Greatest Showman, click here

Wednesday 29 August
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (PG) 146mins (8.00pm – doors open 6.30pm)
Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling’s popular children’s novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents’ mysterious deaths.

To book tickets for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, click here

Thursday 30 August  SOLD OUT
The Greatest Showman (PG) 105mins 
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Carlton Tavern saved

Planning appeal decision goes against developers

A developer who wanted to demolish the Carlton Tavern to make way for a care home has lost his appeal against a local planning decision.

An independent inspector has ruled that the building has historic interest and the proposal would damage protected trees.

The inspector also refused to award costs against the Council

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