The Environment Agency’s planning applications to extend the flood barrier banks in the Clifton and Rawcliffe area are going to the planning committee on 12 September 2019. Notes on the plans and their environmental impact, in and around Rawcliffe Meadows and other green areas close to the ings.
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On the major changes planned for Queen Street, part of the planning application for the area at the front of York Station. Notes on land ownership, the impact on the Railway Institute, whether there’s any improvement for cyclists … and a new car park with a ‘faux medieval design approach’.
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Some thoughts on reactions to the recently approved York Central outline planning application … More … 
Planning application for the redevelopment of Bootham Crescent, YCFC football ground. Information, notes, thoughts.
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“The existing commercial façade to no. 34 would be refurbished to working condition to reinstate the building’s contribution to the original ‘shop front’ streetscape”.
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Photos and notes on Queen Street bridge and its history, in response to interesting plans for changes around York’s railway station which will see the bridge demolished.
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Land on the Duncombe Barracks site, surplus to MoD requirements, may be bought by the council for housing development. Decision on 18 Oct 2018. Photos and notes by a local resident, and the site in context of the surrounding area.
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Following up on the recent consultation event on the current proposals for housing on the Bootham Crescent football ground, comparing these with plans from 2002, and reflecting on the history of the site.
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