PART of Bootham Stray could be used to expand the access point to a new housing development.
Members of City of York Council Executive have been asked to approve plans for 379 square metres of the land to be used for the Cocoa West development on part of York’s former Rowntree factory site.
A report by council officers says: “The development of the site requires an expanded access point onto Wigginton Road in order to create a suitable safe junction. The junction goes over land which forms part of Bootham Stray.”
It says if access is not expanded, the development will be “substantially restricted”, meaning much needed housing may not be delivered.
The documents add: “Whilst the council is the owner of Bootham Stray, that land is an open space recreation area for the residents of York. Vehicular access has been permitted across the thin strip of Bootham Stray that runs along the side of the former Nestle factory and that land has not been used for recreation since 1896, however any additional land needed for the road access is still subject to the legal protections afforded to the whole stray.”
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