Burglary in the Newbury Avenue area (Kingsway West). Insecure rear door entered, wallet/purse with £300, and a laptop stolen. Info to #101
— NYP York West (@snayorkwest) September 9, 2013
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Gas levels near Newbury Avenue to be investigated
The City of York Council’s environmental protection unit has completed its investigation of the former refuse tips off Foxwood Lane (comprising Acorn Rugby Club, the playing fields off Foxwood Lane and Hob Moor) last year.
In late August / early September 2012, soil and water samples were collected from across the site and sent for laboratory analysis. The waste material buried onsite was found to contain ash and clinker, brick fragments, glass, ceramics, fabric, coal, metal and timber.
Monitoring wells were also installed around the edges of the site to enable the Council to monitor ground gas.
The Council said, “The laboratory analysis results confirmed that the majority of the soil and water samples were uncontaminated. Some elevated levels of contaminants were detected – but a detailed risk assessment has confirmed that these levels do not pose a risk to people, animals or the environment.
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Ground gas was monitored on a monthly basis between September 2012 and March 2013. The ground gas concentrations and flows were found to be low in most monitoring wells. Although elevated levels of methane and carbon dioxide were found on part of Hob Moor (to the rear of Newbury Avenue) and we intend to investigate this area further.
Please note that the site has not been determined as contaminated land (under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990), but further investigation is required in the vicinity of Newbury Avenue”.
The environmental protection unit has now confirmed that it has received a government grant of £35,000 to undertake an additional investigation in the vicinity of Newbury Avenue.
The investigation will involve installing gas monitoring wells in a number of gardens and monitoring the external airbricks of eight properties. They will test the gas levels every two weeks for up to six months, to assess whether the gas levels pose a risk to people, property or the environment.
Residents are being notified of the plans this Friday (6 September). A drop-in session is being held at the Gateway Centre between 10am and 12pm on Monday (9 September) to answer resident’s queries.
The answers to frequently asked questions can be found by clicking here.
Ironically the worst affected area appears to be the site selected by the Council on which to build a block of 9 new Council flats!
Crunch decision on Newbury Avenue garage demolition
The Council’s “Cabinet” will decided tomorrow (Tuesday) whether to demolish the garage block in Newbury Avenue and replace it with a block of 9 flats.
Residents are likely to make representations on the controversial plan.
There are major concerns about the impact that the scheme will have on disabled residents who rely on the garage area for access.
Parking problems in the area would also increase.
If approved, the scheme would still require planning permission.
The site did not feature as a housing site in the Local Plan which was announced by Labour 4 weeks ago.
Meanwhile The Press has published details of a public meeting which has apparently been scheduled to discuss the design of Council houses which “will be built on the former Beckfield Lane recycling centre site”.
The article says that a “drop in” event will take place on Wednesday at Carr Junior School from 4:30pm to 8:00pm.
This demonstrates the arrogance of the present Council Leadership.
Beckfield Lane recycling centre
A decision in principle whether to build 30 new homes on the site is not due to be taken until Tuesday evening’s “Cabinet” meeting!
Yet it appears that the housing scheme has already been designed!
So much for democracy and resident involvement.
The meeting is also being asked to delegate power to a Labour Councillor to vary the sites that the planned 60 Council houses could be built on.
The Council has refused to name the other sites which have been considered. We do know that two of them were also garage blocks in the Kingsway West area.
If the delegation is agreed, then the only notice that residents might get of any change would be when a planning application was submitted.
However, as the Council no longer issues routine consultation letters to any neighbours affected by a planning application, they would only have to put a notice on a lamppost to fulfill their legal responsibilities
NB. A list of planning applications received for the Westfield Ward is published each week on this web site.
Residents object as garage site in Newbury Avenue is set to have 9 apartments built on it.
Labour Councillors will meet on Tuesday 7th May to discuss a proposal to build flats on the garage area at Newbury Avenue.
There are similar proposals for Chaloners Road and Hewley Avenue.
Some of the homes will be built at sites at Fenwick Street; Beckfield Lane (former recycling centre) and York Road, Haxby.
In total between 60 and 70 Council homes will be constructed.
Ironically none of the garage sites sites were identified for housing in the Local Plan published by the Council only 10 days ago!!
Residents in Newbury Avenue were alerted to the threat by the Liberal Democrat Focus team who undertook a door to door survey on the issue a couple of weeks ago.
See table for resident’s responses.
Newbury Avenue resident’s survey results . click to enlarge
Despite the opposition it is likely that Labour will go ahead with their plans.
We know that at least one resident, with disabled dependants, will be adversely affected.
Two of the garages are currently used to store equipment needed to maintain the estate.
With parking space at a premium in the area, the Council have yet to indicate where they think that the displaced vehicles will go.
We understand that the Council has only written to the residents, who currently rent the garages, in the last few days.
No consultation with the local community or residents association was undertaken by the Council.
All in all a pretty shabby way of treating a local community in our view.
A quicker way of providing more homes to rent quickly, would have been for the Council to purchase empty property on the open market.
Alternatively they could have done a deal with one of the house builders who already have planning permission to build homes at places like the Terry’s, Nestle South, Germany Beck and the old Sugar Works on Boroughbridge Road.
Such an approach would have the advantage of “kick starting” housing developments that are effectively “stalled”.
The report to the “Cabinet” can be read by clicking here
Site plan click here
Residents can submit by Email comments on any agenda item.
Residents can also register to speak at the meeting (but must do so in advance)
Representations can also be made via local ward Councillors.
Contractors jumping gun as Newbury Ave development starts before parking bay completed?
Building contractors have moved onto the Newbury Avenue building site before a promised parking bay has been brought into use. The contract is worth £730,000 and will see 5 bungalows built on the site.
The Council had originally insisted that the 4 space bay be provided before work started on demolishing the garages. They later hurriedly changed the condition to say the bays must be provided before construction work started.
The intention was that the bays would provide some relief for local residents forced to park “on street” when 20 or so vehicles are displaced from the garages.
That hasn’t happened and work has only just started on the bays.
Official’s had blamed a slow response from a utility company that had been asked to move one of its boxes.
Sadly the other parking bays promised for the beleaguered estate have also not been provided.
Local Councillors had allocated funding from their delegated estate improvement and ward committee budgets. They surveyed residents opinions on suitable sites a couple of months ago and received the thumbs up for locations near Beverley Court and Kempton Close.
But no feedback on the plans has subsequently been given to residents.
With only 6 weeks until the end of the financial year, there is now doubt whether the Windsor Garth and Danesfort Avenue spaces will actually be provided.
Newbury Avenue building contractor now on site
Parking lay-by work not yet competed.
Limited progress on pothole repairs
Of six highway defects reported on Saturday, the Council has agreed to address only two of them.
Further work is promised on Gladstone Street and School Street.
Elsewhere it seems there is no prospect of repairs on Walker Drive, Vincent Way, Hotham Avenue or Lowfields Drive
Lowfields Drive – Council won’t fill in potholes
The Council seems to be no closer to bitmacing the small section of verge on Kingsway West, near Newbury Avenue, which has been subject to overrun damage for over 5 years now
Ice taking its toll on local roads
The current icy spell is taking its toll on poorly maintain road and path surfaces. The Council recently agred to undertake some repairs on teb potholed – and well used – section of Foxwood Lane near the sports area. The work has yet to be completed and the potholes continue to pose a hazard particularly for users of two wheeled transport.
The Council promised to repair damaged roads, paths and verges when the building works on Newbury Avenue and Ascot Way were completed. There is little sign of progress.
That was the year that was 2020
January to March
The rest of the quarter – and indeed the year – was to be dominated by the fight against the pandemic
Rain slows resurfacing work
Work on resurfacing part of Cornlands Road was delayed yesterday because of weather conditions. More rain is forecast for tomorrow (Thursday)
The resurfacing contractors are expected to move on to Gale Lane next week
It is disappointing to see that repairs to the verge at the junction of Kingsway West and Newbury Avenue have not been completed. The damage was caused by large delivery lorries trying to access the (now completed) bungalow building site. We expected the reinstatement to be completed before the bungalows were occupied.
Elsewhere, electrical cable works on Dijon Avenue are taking a long time to complete. This means more nuisance and inconvenience for residents living in the area who also have to put up with the mud generated by vehicles accessing the Lowfield development site.
Ascot Way still closed
Builders have closed Ascot Way forcing a bus diversion. The road has been closed by builders working on the Lincoln Court/Windsor House site.
A pedestrian route has been maintained but vehicles including buses and cyclists face a detour.
The Council had previously claimed that the Centre for the Disabled, being built on the site of the former Windsor House home, would be completed in June. Work on this project, and the adjacent upgrade of the Lincoln Court apartments , looks to be some way from completion.
The Kingsway area has had more than its fair share of disruption in recent years. There is only one access road open and it has born the brunt of heavy vehicle operations. First there was the Hob Stone development – which dragged on for three years, then the Council development in Newbury Avenue to be quickly followed by the work now going on in Ascot Way.
Local residents are looking forward to the end of the disruption, the restoration of lost amenities plus urgently needed repairs to roads.