Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Below are the latest planning applications 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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Westfield Farm Askham Lane York YO24 3HU

Single storey front extension

Ref: 16/00989/FUL

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45 Green Lane Acomb York YO24 3DJ

Replacement conservatory to side

Reference           16/00923/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/

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

Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

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

Westfield

50 Tudor Road York YO24 3AZ

Two storey side and single storey rear and front extensions

Ref. No: 16/00903/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/

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

Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Proposals lodged to build 7 houses in back garden on Green Lane, Acomb
Plans to develop garden of 63 Green Lane

Plans to develop garden of 63 Green Lane

Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

Plans for 7 houses on Green Lane click

Plans for 7 houses on Green Lane click

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

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63 Green Lane Acomb York YO24 3DJ

Erection of no.7 dwellings

Ref. No: 16/00709/FUL

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NatWest 4 Odsal House Front Street York YO24 3BL

Change of use from financial/professional service (use class A2) to restaurant/café (Use class A3) and alterations including glazed shopfront

Ref. No: 16/00696/

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Address                The Acomb Kingsway West York YO24 3BA

Reference           16/00601/ADV

Proposal              Display of 2 no. internally illuminated signs (retrospective)

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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/

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

Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

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

Westfield

Lidl Thanet Road York YO24 4PE

Ref. No: 16/00788/ADV

Display of 1no. illuminated free standing pylon sign

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22 Green Lane Acomb York YO24 3DL

Ref. No: 16/00774/FUL

Single storey rear extension and detached garage to rear

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6 The Knoll York YO24 3EB

Ref. No: 16/00777/LHE

Erection of single storey extension extending 4.7 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a height to the eaves of 2.3 metres and a total height of 3.0 metres 

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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/

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

Lendal Bridge scandal tails off. Officials repay irregular payments. Gloom on Stadium risks

Lendal Bridge and Coppergate repayment process to end

Lendal bridge noticeThe deadline for applying for a refund in relation to receiving a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) during the Lendal Bridge trial traffic regulation and the Coppergate traffic regulation enforcement by automatic number plate recognition will come to an end on midnight 31 March 2016.

City of York Council wrote to all 27,000 people in February last year, who at the time had not currently claimed their PCN repayment, to notify them direct of the process. In addition a press release giving notice of the ending of the process was issued on 12 February 2016.

The decision to extend the repayment deadline to 31 March 2016 was agreed by the previous Cabinet, at a meeting held on 30 July 2015.

The council will publish the total cost of the Lendal Bridge and Coppergate settlement process after March 2016.

However it is expected that, when all expenditure is included, the reckless Lendal Bridge/Coppergate trial will have cost over £3 million in abortive payments.

To apply for a refund, or to find out more information about the repayment process, search ‘Lendal Bridge’ or ‘Coppergate’ at: http://www.york.gov.uk/. Please note that the application process will not be available after 31 March.

The council will assist anyone in person in the council’s West Offices or over the phone (01904 551550) to help them through the process if they have no access to the internet and apply before 31 March.

Meanwhile the future of camera enforcement, of access restrictions on Coppergate, remains unclear

Officials to repay £9000

City of York trading hompageThe Council was told yesterday that officials had agreed to replay salary bonuses that were subject to an unfavourable Audit report.

Unfortunately the Council did nothing which might restore public confidence in its processes and governance structures.

Accountability meetings continue to be held in private.

Community Stadium

The Council has agreed a £14 million taxpayers subsidy for the Community Stadium Project. The money will be borrowed. In effect, the taxpayer will have to find £1 million a year in debt charges to prop up a project which in 2011 would have cost the public purse nothing. The Council will have to find the interest payments by cutting further into basic public services standards.

Community Stadium Nov 2014The project remains very risky.

Despite professional advice that the City has sufficient public swimming pools, a new one is being incorporated into the scheme. The sports centre operators – having lost their core customer base – face an uphill struggle to establish a new facility in a crowded market place.  It they fail to do so, then the whole project would collapse.

The Council is also underwriting the lease on part of the commercial development. Another risk for taxpayers.

There are some good features. The – unsubsidised – provision of an IMAX cinema will be a first for the City and a welcome addition to the leisure options available to residents.

But it remains unclear how the football and rugby clubs will exploit their new home to maximise non match-day revenue. The only figures released suggest that they will pay relatively low rent levels, but the clubs will need more opportunities than that to be successful.

So, all in all, a deeply flawed business plan – dumped  on an unsuspecting population in 2012 – lurches forward to an expected 2019 completion.

The opportunity – available last May – to stand back and adopt a more cautious approach was lost.

Most taxpayers will be watching progress from now on with deep concern.

Strong project management will be needed if there is to be an end product the City can afford.

 

 

Latest planning applications for the Westfield Ward

Another retail unit on Front Street is to be converted into a dwelling

Cartridge World premises to be converted into residential flats?

Cartridge World premises to be converted into residential flats?  NB Business is moving further down street to occupy the empty former newsagents premises.

Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Westfield ward.

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

Westfield
  • Cartridge World 93 Front Street York YO24 3BU

Conversion of retail unit to 2no. flats with associated alterations 

Ref. No: 16/00464/FUL | Received: Tue 23 Feb 2016 | Validated: Thu 25 Feb 2016 | Status: Awaiting decision

  • Westfield Primary School Askham Lane York YO24 3HP

Reference           16/00462/GRG3

Proposal              Replacement disabled ramps to main halls

Status   Awaiting decision

  • Site Of Former 42A The Green Acomb York

Conditions 3, 4 and 5 – 13/01285/FUL 

Ref. No: AOD/16/00060 | Received: Mon 15 Feb 2016 | Validated: Fri 19 Feb 2016 | Status: Awaiting decision

  • 10 Rylatt Place York YO26 5DD

Single storey front extension to form porch 

Ref. No: 16/00312/FUL | Received: Tue 09 Feb 2016 | Validated: Wed 24 Feb 2016 | Status: Awaiting decision

  • 177 Gale Lane York YO24 3AH

Single storey side and rear extension 

Ref. No: 16/00296/FUL | Received: Mon 08 Feb 2016 | Validated: Mon 29 Feb 2016 | Status: Awaiting decision

  • 66 Slessor Road York YO24 3JG

Non material amendment to permitted application 13/02384/FUL to alter window details to side and rear including additional first floor window to side, pitch to flat roof to rear and additional area of roof to side

Ref. No: 16/00301/NONMAT | Received: Mon 01 Feb 2016 | Validated: Mon 01 Feb 2016 | Status: Decided

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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

Latest planning applications for the Acomb and Westfield Wards

Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Acomb and Westfield wards.

Full details can be found by clicking the application reference

Acomb

Location:       223 Beckfield Lane York YO26 5PH

Proposal:       Single storey side and rear extension and first floor extension to rear

Ref No: 16/00184/FUL

Applicant:      Mr Marc Harrison Consultation Expiry Date:       22 February 2016 Case Officer:   Carolyn Howarth Expected Decision Level:        DEL

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Westfield

Location:       2 Cornlands Road York YO24 3DU

Proposal:       Extension of porch to front

Ref No: 16/00039/FUL

Applicant:      Mrs Angela Estienne     Consultation Expiry Date        22 February 2016 Case Officer:   Carolyn Howarth Expected Decision Level DEL

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Location:       133 Cornlands Road York YO24 3ED

Proposal:       Single storey front and side extensions, first floor rear extension and dormer to rear

Ref No: 16/00117/FUL

Applicant:      Mr Andrew Berry Consultation Expiry Date        22 February 2016 Case Officer:   Elizabeth Potter        Expected Decision Level DEL

Trees to be felled on Front Street

Trees to be felled on Front Street

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Location:       Acomb Methodist Church Front Street York YO24 3BX

Proposal:       Fell 7no. trees in a Conservation Area

Ref No: 16/00176/TCA

Applicant:      Acomb Methodist Church   Contact Mr Tim Short    Consultation Expiry Date        22 February 2016 Case Officer:   Esther Priestley        Expected Decision Level

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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/

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

Poppleton trampoline centre set to get planning go ahead

Mega jump trampoline

A warehouse on the York’s Business Park at Nether Poppleton is set to become a trampoline centre with a café. 

The site is located on Rose Way. It is was last occupied by US tech company Nanometrics  which abandoned the site over a year ago.

The maximum number of trampoline users at one time would be 75, most sessions would be 1 to 1.5 hours in length and sessions would start every 15 mins. The proposed development would create 20 – 25 full time positions and 35 – 55 part time positions. There would also be a re-organisation of the car park to create 75 spaces.

The development is understood to be backed by David Lloyd who already runs a successful fitness centre in the City.

Trampoline parks have proved to be a massive success story in the US, which had about 40 such attractions in 2011. The number there has since ballooned to an estimated 300 either in operation or under construction.

The planning application is recommended for approval at a meeting taking place next Thursday

York Central residents survey.

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Only two weeks left to give your views.

The York Council is now nearly halfway through its “consultation” on the future of the York Central site.

Sad to say, but the information provided to aid residents in making their choices is pretty hopeless. Most obvious omissions are any financial or value for money metrics.

Basically a survey which offers residents anything they want, but without explaining either costs or sources of funding, is bound to lack credibility. Local developers have already questioned he sanity of a project that depends on speculative office development to repay investment in infrastructure.

Similarly a casual suggestion that through traffic should be removed from Leeman Road is bound to prompt a question about the impact on the rest of the highway network?

Key background facts, like the number of unemployed in the City and the number on the housing waiting list, are not provided, yet respondents are asked to take a stab at the number of  new jobs and homes that they think should be provided on the site.

Doubly so, given the sensitivities that still linger on from the Lendal Bridge closure fiasco.

The Council really needs to debate how big they see the City becoming over the next few decades?

Answer that question first  and the contribution that the York Central site (which is ideally located) can make, will become more obvious.

York Council indecision on new Chief Executive?

IndecisionYork seems likely to be without a permanent replacement for its Chief Executive for at least another 6 months.

Papers published for a meeting taking place on 1st February reveal that a review of the Council’s management structure, commissioned last June, has apparently still not been concluded.

The report blames ongoing financial pressures for the delays, although the Chief Executives post  has been filled on a temporary basis (at full salary) for over 6 months.

It now appears that the report on a new structure may now be available in March. A £150,000 a year saving on salary costs is being achieved from 1st April by deleting a post dealing with “transformation and change”

Staff working in the Chief Executives Department are being transferred to other management groups suggesting that the Council may be thinking of abolishing the role of Chief Executive altogether.  

The Council will, however, now move to appoint a permanent Director of Public Health on a salary of around £100,000. 

The Council will also make a permanent appointment to the post of “City and Environmental Services”. Essentially this is the role formerly held by Bill Woolley who retired over three years ago. It is responsible for planning and transport policy.  The post will also attract a pay level of around £100,000 pa. The Council says that to minimise recruitment costs this post will be “advertised externally on City of York Council Jobs Website and promoted through the Council social media channels”.  Minimal advertising of vacancies is usually a tactic that a Council adopts when it has “someone in mind” for the post.

Recent events – including the Councils response to the flooding crisis – suggest that there is a lack of effective leadership in the authority.  Taking over 12 months to find a permanent appointment for the post which is responsible for driving the administrative side of the Council is, at best, complacent and at worst negligent.

The York Council is now desperately short of experienced management capacity.

Councillors need to act quickly and decisively to fill the void.