Under what was possibly the most poignant headline I’ve ever seen about an item of street furniture, The Press recently informed us that ‘Parliament Street fountain may never be switched on again‘. Here it is, that … More …
Asking a few questions about the Draft Local Plan, and highlighting some key points and statistics noticed. Wondering why we’ve got so many flats when really the need is for houses. Startling statistic on the increase in younger residents, from the expanding universities. All very interesting.
More …Time to leap back into the present, to the pressing concerns of today.
Hands up who’s read the Local Plan Preferred Options main documents? I’ve been trying to, before the consultation period ends … More …
A while back I stumbled upon a rather quaint and dated description of the city of York. Not from the far distant past, but from recent years, in the Guardian’s information on the … More …
21 June. The summer solstice. Standing by a field gate, at around 9pm.
Just one field. One bit of one field. Greenfield/green belt land. At Knapton.
I’d been out on my bike up Acomb way and … More …
The Local Plan … concreting over the green belt, erecting hundreds of wind farms as far as the eye can see and putting travellers’ sites in all the remaining bits.
Or something.
I’m still trying to work it out and find my way through the information/misinformation.
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There are several consultations currently running on the City of York Council website, all asking for our views on the future shaping of the city. In fact so many that I think I … More …
Having slept on it, and after receiving a helpful tweet this morning, I realise that the plans for the Guildhall/boatyard area are driven by the need to increase revenue from this prime city centre site. Clearly … More …
