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Fresh plans for York flats scheme (From York Press)
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Fresh plans for York flats scheme
9:10am Friday 11th January 2013 in News
By Mark Stead, mark.stead@thepress.co.uk
Robin McGinn. of Persimmon Homes Yorkshire, at the exhibition outlining plans for the new housing development
FRESH plans showing how an empty patch of land in the centre of York could be transformed into new apartments have gone on display to residents.
Persimmon Homes Yorkshire secured planning approval for 240 flats on the corner of Paragon Street and Barbican Road in 2004, but took another look at the development when the credit crunch struck.
The York-based company has now drawn up a revised scheme for 180 apartments, as well as areas of open space.
The draft proposals were unveiled yesterday at a public exhibition at the Melbourne Centre in Escrick Street, with people living nearby invited to air their views.
Persimmon hopes to submit a full planning application to City of York Council in the next few months. If permission is granted, work could start within the next year.
The homes would be built next to a 165-bedroom Hilton Garden Inn hotel, plans for which were approved in 2011 in a separate scheme, and would stand between the apartments and the Barbican centre.
“The reduction in the number of apartments, from 240 to 180, is because the scheme no longer has undercroft parking – which was extremely expensive – and parking spaces will now be above ground, and because the properties are now one and two-bedroom rather than studio flats,” said Persimmon development planner Robin McGinn.
“The site has been vacant for some time, but we feel we are now in a position to take it forward and we want to assess public opinion on what we are now planning.
“We like to think people want to see something done with the site and we hope our plans will be well-received.
“The Barbican centre has reopened and there is planning approval for a hotel next to our site, so there is renewed interest in the area and that supports what we are doing.”
Persimmon said the size and height of the apartment complex is the same as the scheme which was previously granted planning permission, and the public’s views will be considered before a full application is submitted.
A steady stream of residents visited the exhibition throughout the day.
Some cautiously welcomed the change in design because it was not as modern as the original proposal, and others were hopeful that work would finally begin on the site.
Comments(19)
Woody G Mellor
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9:27am Fri 11 Jan 13
Elle wrote:The adverts are the reason that you don't have to pay/subscribe to look at this website. They only pop up for 5 seconds then they are gone, and its not every time your on that they appear.
I am so tired of adverts popping up on this website and covering the whole article I am trying to read. I think I might just give up on the press altogether and find out local news from another source.
Although it slightly irritates me too, its a small price to pay me thinks.
cityforthepremier
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9:30am Fri 11 Jan 13
TheTruthHurts
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10:10am Fri 11 Jan 13
I've noticed that sometimes i click on a page it opens up quickly enough but the page is then just permanently loading in my browser which slows down any other tabs ive got open. And often when scrolling its not smooth it can be really jerky.
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*FaYmOuS*
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11:01am Fri 11 Jan 13
Elle wrote:Minster FM website provides news without pop ups?
I am so tired of adverts popping up on this website and covering the whole article I am trying to read. I think I might just give up on the press altogether and find out local news from another source.
Older Sometimes Wiser
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11:49am Fri 11 Jan 13
Elle wrote:Check out Ad-block (Adblockplus.org) software, it can help in deducing pop up's. Also check with your browser controls to see whether pop ups have been inhibited.
I am so tired of adverts popping up on this website and covering the whole article I am trying to read. I think I might just give up on the press altogether and find out local news from another source.
I agree that the Press has done nothing to enhance its " reputation" particularly with these full page advert monstrosities .
Omega Point
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11:50am Fri 11 Jan 13
Omega Point
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11:54am Fri 11 Jan 13
bob the builder
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12:10pm Fri 11 Jan 13
greenmonkey
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12:13pm Fri 11 Jan 13
cityforthepremier
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12:24pm Fri 11 Jan 13
bob the builder wrote:Surely if you were as "in the know" as you claim you wouldn't be browsing the half-arsed website of a backwater local paper? Just a thought!
What ads, videos and pop ups? You lot must be using IE - no one in the know uses IE, get Firefox and the add-ons and you can pretty much strip all adverts and block content. I thought you were referring to the endless 'news' stories plugging businesses. What makes this derelict plot any more likely to see development than the rest? Is there a social housing group poised to but 100 flats in it? If there is you wouldn't want to live there anyway.
Scarlet Pimpernel
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3:40pm Fri 11 Jan 13
greenmonkey wrote:Ask the planning officer/s who Persimmons will most certainly have had dialogue with. The scheme will not have been progressed to this amount of detail without input from the Council's planning department. As a councillor you will know this and have access to those dealing with it. When you have the information, please share it with us all.
Now then, any comments about the flats??! Certainly not before time that Persimmon got on with doing something with this prime location 'brownfield' site to meet the housing needs, although the article doesnt say anything about how many affordable homes will be available.
Looks like a good investment opportunity for buy-to-let and private landlords, for block sales or outright sale. I wonder if Persimmon's have a deal already sorted ? Without a pre-sale, it's a big risk in the current market.
Time will tell, if it's a serious intention to build, or just a marketing exercise to try and offload the land ?
Triestobehelpful
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5:58pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Woody G Mellor
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11:44pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Scarlet Pimpernel
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12:52am Sat 12 Jan 13
Woody G Mellor wrote:He's the future !
Who is the little lad in the picture?
Persimmon are putting their faith in youthful inexperience.
Their Executive Chairman, John White retired last year, aged 60, after 32 years with Persimmon.
This year Chief Executive, Mike Farley aged 58, has retired after 30 year with the company.
The new chief Executive, Jeff Fairburn, is just 45 years old.
We are seeing a growing trend of young, relatively inexperienced leaders of the largest PLC housebuilders. Taylor Wimpey's Chief Executive, Pete Redfern is 41, and Mark Clare, Barratt's Chief Executive although older at 55, only joined the company in 2006 from the Gas industry, and his first major deal acquiring David Wilson Homes in 2007, nearly sunk the company.
At a time when the industry is still licking it's wounds after shrinking to around half it's size owing to the credit crunch, and struggling to make the returns on capital that are necessary for growth, the experienced old hands are getting out. That is not good news and sends out a message that the industry has serious underlying problems !!!
Magicman!
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4:07am Sat 12 Jan 13
Paul Meoff
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8:49am Sat 12 Jan 13
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:All in favour of giving kids a chance but the lad in the picture must be a year 10 on work experience, not an employee.
Woody G Mellor wrote:He's the future !
Who is the little lad in the picture?
Persimmon are putting their faith in youthful inexperience.
Their Executive Chairman, John White retired last year, aged 60, after 32 years with Persimmon.
This year Chief Executive, Mike Farley aged 58, has retired after 30 year with the company.
The new chief Executive, Jeff Fairburn, is just 45 years old.
We are seeing a growing trend of young, relatively inexperienced leaders of the largest PLC housebuilders. Taylor Wimpey's Chief Executive, Pete Redfern is 41, and Mark Clare, Barratt's Chief Executive although older at 55, only joined the company in 2006 from the Gas industry, and his first major deal acquiring David Wilson Homes in 2007, nearly sunk the company.
At a time when the industry is still licking it's wounds after shrinking to around half it's size owing to the credit crunch, and struggling to make the returns on capital that are necessary for growth, the experienced old hands are getting out. That is not good news and sends out a message that the industry has serious underlying problems !!!
Scarlet Pimpernel
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9:16am Sat 12 Jan 13
Magicman! wrote:Probably a few more than 10, but, it's likely that this would cause some problems with parking ?
Undercroft parking no longer being offered means parking space will be above ground... so that'll offer parking for about 10 cars then!
I think that the original scheme that was worked up by Barbican Venture, who sold the site to Persimmon, had an agreement for parking on the Kent Street double-decked car park for so many residents to use..
Leroy02
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7:31pm Sun 13 Jan 13
Elle says...
9:18am Fri 11 Jan 13