The City’s planning committee will consider an application tomorrow (Thursday) for a site immediately adjacent to the River Foss in Layerthorpe
The is being asked to approve the construction of a 5 storey 128-bedroom hotel which will include a drive through restaurant at ground floor level.
If approved, the plan will also include the completion of the James Street/Heworth Green link road.
It is proposed to continue the river walkway along the Foss which has been established alongside recent development to the north.
The application is the first to be considered in Flood Zone 3 since the major flooding of the river Foss on 27th December. No detailed appraisal is made of any revised flooding threat as a result of the problems experienced then (it is possible that the officer report was written before the flooding occurred).
Planning permission was given for a similar development in 2012 but the new application moves the buildings further away from the theoretical blast zone of the remaining gas holder.
The application is recommended for approval