PLANS for the site of a former school have gone on display in Acomb.

Residents were given the chance to look around display boards featuring proposals for where Lowfield School once stood, in Dijon Avenue.

The site, to be known as Lowfield Green, could be turned into family homes and flats and bungalows for people over 55 if a City of York Council planning application is approved.

Members of the public were invited to peruse the plans and have their say on them during a two and a half hour slot at the Gateway Centre, in Front Street.

The development will also include York’s first self-build housing plots, a health hub and public open space for all ages.

Teachers and pupils moved out of the Lowfield site after it closed down in December 2008 and the redevelopment is part of the wider older people’s accommodation overhaul, as is the similar plan for the Burnholme school site in Tang Hall.

The plans can be viewed at Explore Acomb Learning Library Centre until Friday, July 28 or at www.york.gov.uk/consultations.