Café No8 in Gillygate plans conservatory extension in garden (From York Press)
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Café No8 in Gillygate plans conservatory extension in garden
8:44am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
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- By Gavin Aitchison » gavin.aitchison@thepress.co.uk
ONE of York’s best-loved food venues is planning to expand.
Café No8, in Gillygate, wants to build a conservatory extension in its garden, which backs on to the city’s Bar Walls.
The venue has won a number of awards in recent years.
But it has only seven indoor tables, and the owners say they need to increase capacity to remain viable.
Their previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.
Martin Gore, one of the staff at the café, said the overall capacity of the restaurant would remain roughly the same, but more of the tables could be used all year round.
He said: “We have seven tables inside at the moment and nine in the garden.
“We are hoping to have a conservatory built, which would mean another six tables covered. There would still be some garden space but altogether we would have a similar number of tables, just some more undercover.”
Café No8 won the best restaurant award at the York Tourism Awards in 2006.
It has also won praise from several other organisations and media, including being named runner-up by The Observer newspaper in its 2009 awards.
Meanwhile, Mr Gore said the current closure of Gillygate had not yet had any noticeable impact on business for Café No8.
He said business often fluctuated between half-term and Easter.
“In the evenings, it has been busier than usual,” he said.
Comments(10)
Silver
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9:05am Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul
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9:16am Tue 16 Mar 10
AdmiralNN
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9:47am Tue 16 Mar 10
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There is one decent table for four in the window but the rest of them are cramped and it just doesnt feel right. Also when the girl took our order she didnt write any of it down and i bet my mate a fiver the she would forget something... and she did.
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Cant fault the food though, bloomiin lovely!
Garrowby Turnoff
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12:35pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Their previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
pedalling paul
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2:58pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I don't think it is very helpful to publicly accuse Local Authority Planning Officers of unprofessional conduct. If you have a genuine concern, you can take it initially to the Chief Executive and if still dissatisfied, to the Ombudsman
Their previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
Frodo Baggins
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5:18pm Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul wrote:Leave your councillors hat off Paul or better still, run over it with your bike.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I don't think it is very helpful to publicly accuse Local Authority Planning Officers of unprofessional conduct. If you have a genuine concern, you can take it initially to the Chief Executive and if still dissatisfied, to the OmbudsmanTheir previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
pedalling paul
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6:17pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Frodo Baggins wrote:I'm not a Councillor....
pedalling paul wrote:Leave your councillors hat off Paul or better still, run over it with your bike.Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I don't think it is very helpful to publicly accuse Local Authority Planning Officers of unprofessional conduct. If you have a genuine concern, you can take it initially to the Chief Executive and if still dissatisfied, to the OmbudsmanTheir previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
Chumpy
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9:09pm Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul wrote:No quite right, we have already established your a tw@t!
Frodo Baggins wrote:I'm not a Councillor....pedalling paul wrote:Leave your councillors hat off Paul or better still, run over it with your bike.Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I don't think it is very helpful to publicly accuse Local Authority Planning Officers of unprofessional conduct. If you have a genuine concern, you can take it initially to the Chief Executive and if still dissatisfied, to the OmbudsmanTheir previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
Garrowby Turnoff
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10:32pm Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul wrote:Pish tush Paul! Have you forgotten we live in an era where Politicians, the Royal Family, Bankers, Policemen, Priests and even Tiger Woods have been uncovered as cheating, corrupt and selfish. How you've the nerve to utter such brown nosed comments on a subject that affects everyone’s fair dealings is puerile.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I don't think it is very helpful to publicly accuse Local Authority Planning Officers of unprofessional conduct. If you have a genuine concern, you can take it initially to the Chief Executive and if still dissatisfied, to the OmbudsmanTheir previous expansion plans were rejected by City of York Council, which said the extension would be too intrusive, but the proposals have now been redrawn and resubmitted.Good Luck! Don't forget the CoYC planning department officers may have relatives in the neighbourhood who also have food retail outlets!
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