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Peasholme Centre demolition in the spotlight

8:53am Wednesday 14th July 2010 in


THE demolition of York’s former Peasholme Centre will be debated tomorrow night.

The opposition Labour group on City of York Council claim the former hostel, in Peasholme Green, was knocked down prematurely, before possible alternative uses had been explored.

The centre was flattened following the move to new premises in Fishergate – but Labour saId the old building could have been given a new community or business use.

The move to Fishergate was originally to make way for the council’s planned move to new headquarters at Hungate, which was shelved.

Coun Brian Watson, who will propose a motion tomorrow condemning the demolition of the building, said: “We appreciate the site is proposed to form part of a larger area for development in the longer term, but until that time the former hostel could have been accommodating any number of different groups, from scouts to schools.”

Comments(10)

Garrowby Turnoff says...
8:57am Wed 14 Jul 10

Are some people wanting it put back up? What's the point of this ruckus?

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Alucard says...
8:58am Wed 14 Jul 10

Why bother? It is knocked down and I thought it wrong but it is done. Debate something relevant

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Alucard says...
9:01am Wed 14 Jul 10

GT - your post was not up when I submitted (1 minute gap) but we agree. Not something that happens very often

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buspass says...
9:58am Wed 14 Jul 10

Its all about points scoring , trouble is this guy should have debaited this before it was knocked down not after. A waste of time and our money now , but thats what this lot seem good at.

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voiceoreason says...
10:14am Wed 14 Jul 10

Never really got this. This building was condemned unsuitable for homeless people yet some reckon that makes it ok for Scouts or school children ?!?!?!?!?!

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billy shears says...
10:17am Wed 14 Jul 10

voiceoreason wrote:
Never really got this. This building was condemned unsuitable for homeless people yet some reckon that makes it ok for Scouts or school children ?!?!?!?!?!
It could have been refurbished rather than demolished. The only reason it was ever going to be demolished was because it got in the way of Galloways Ivory Towers, and when that went belly up, they still demolished it, spouting some old rubbish, to save face and not appear to be blowing tax payers money AGAIN.

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voiceoreason says...
11:05am Wed 14 Jul 10

billy shears wrote:
voiceoreason wrote:
Never really got this. This building was condemned unsuitable for homeless people yet some reckon that makes it ok for Scouts or school children ?!?!?!?!?!
It could have been refurbished rather than demolished. The only reason it was ever going to be demolished was because it got in the way of Galloways Ivory Towers, and when that went belly up, they still demolished it, spouting some old rubbish, to save face and not appear to be blowing tax payers money AGAIN.
Really? Nothing to do with the fact it didnt meet the necessary government standards and therefore could not be used?

What would the cost of refurb be? More or less than the new build?

Are these not the important questions rather than immature speculation?

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Unctuous says...
1:38pm Wed 14 Jul 10

voiceoreason wrote:
billy shears wrote:
voiceoreason wrote: Never really got this. This building was condemned unsuitable for homeless people yet some reckon that makes it ok for Scouts or school children ?!?!?!?!?!
It could have been refurbished rather than demolished. The only reason it was ever going to be demolished was because it got in the way of Galloways Ivory Towers, and when that went belly up, they still demolished it, spouting some old rubbish, to save face and not appear to be blowing tax payers money AGAIN.
Really? Nothing to do with the fact it didnt meet the necessary government standards and therefore could not be used? What would the cost of refurb be? More or less than the new build? Are these not the important questions rather than immature speculation?
Manlyperv

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Beagleboy says...
11:17pm Wed 14 Jul 10

Why dont they knock down the black swan pub too yeah! and then get some of the charvers to build a nightclub - can you imagine that a proper sick nightclub playing tunes for the lads. the proper lads. acomb lads with Adidas samba trainers and a proper big sovereign ring.

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meme says...
1:41pm Thu 15 Jul 10

There was nothing wrong with what was a relatively new building on this site that could have been used tomorarily for something else
On top of that developers in York cannot demolish a building without getting a planning permission to replace it but it appears CoYC can and leave a big hole in the ground...........why is this the case

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