York News
The latest York news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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York Outer Ring Road: Clifton Moor First, Rest Unfunded
Only the A19 to Wigginton Road stretch of the A1237 is funded. The council's four-phase plan, the £164m estimate, and the £1.3m contract signed last week.
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Parks
York Parks Fund: 6 Schemes Done, Bachelor Hill Steps Paused
Six of York's 19 park schemes are done, with Cemetery Road, Ashton Avenue and Hull Road Park next. The Bachelor Hill steps are paused as costs tripled to £29k.
Planning
York Local Plan 2045: Comments Close 8 Nov, Sites by 18 Dec
York's next Local Plan is open for comment until 8 November, and land for homes and jobs can be put forward until 18 December. Adoption is due June 2029.
Planning
Historic England to Leave York's 37 Tanner Row as It Becomes a 38-Room Hotel
Historic England's York office at 37 Tanner Row will become a 38-room sister hotel to The Grand. The council approved it on 2 July; the lease ends in August 2027.
Parks
Glen Gardens Play Area Opens, Designed With Heworth Pupils
Glen Gardens' rebuilt play area in Heworth is open, with a wheelchair-accessible roundabout and embankment slide chosen with pupils. Court and fencing are next.
Planning
York Planning Applications: 5 HMO Bids Among 64 New
64 applications on York's weekly planning list: five HMO bids, a Bootham tattoo studio, new kit at Naburn sewage works and an office block off Hayleys Terrace.
Planning
Stockton Lane Garden Village: 360 More Homes Proposed
Up to 360 more homes are proposed at York's ST7 garden village site, three months after an inspector overruled the council to allow 380. Decision due 6 October.
House Prices
York House Prices £310,781: Up Just £3,397 Since 2023
York's average home gained £5,394 in a year to £310,781. Measured from January 2023 the gain is £3,397, and flats are worth £7,042 less than they were then.
Council
York Warm Places Grants: £5,000 Each, Apply by 4 October
York groups can apply for up to £5,000 to run a Warm Place this winter. The £40,000 fund closes at midnight on Sunday 4 October. 28 won grants last year.
Licensing
Sky Blue York Licence Revoked After Home Office Review
Councillors revoked Sky Blue's licence on 24 September after two immigration raids, the third revocation at 16 Barbican Road since 2020. Appeals have 21 days.
Council
York Children's Services Picked to Help Other Councils
York has been made a Children's Social Care Improvement Team by the Department for Education. Its services were rated Requires Improvement as recently as 2022.
Parking
York Minster Badge Cut to £15 a Year: What Changes
Approved 9 September: the Minster Badge falls from £45 for two years to £15 a year, taking community parking to £1.50 an hour in 17 named places. No refunds.
Housing
Willow House York: Compulsory Purchase Backed for 36 Homes
The council can now prepare to force the sale of six garages on Long Close Lane. Without them the Willow House scheme drops from 36 affordable homes to 26.
Sport
York 3G Pitches: Fulford Opens, £700k Backs Burnholme
Fulford School's £1.1m 3G pitch opens late this month and is bookable by local clubs. Burnholme has a £700k Football Foundation grant for a full size pitch.
Planning
York Central Approved: 1,014 Homes, Building From 2027
Approved on 10 September: 1,014 homes, a 213-bed hotel and a new station entrance on York Central. Building starts in 2027, first homes due early 2029.
Council
York Libraries: £600k Cuts Dropped, Council £2.3m Over
The £600,000 cut to York's libraries will not go ahead, after a two-year review found now is not the right time. The council's own budget is £2.3m over.
Council
York Anti-Terror Order Approved: 8 Streets, Police Trigger
Approved 9 September: eight streets by the Minster come under a permanent order, and the chief executive can switch it on when police ask, without notice.
Roadworks
A1079 Shuts 14 Nights: Dunnington to Kexby from Monday
Three miles of the A1079 close 8pm to 6am from Monday 7 September, with the diversion running via the A64, A19, A63 and A614. Common Road shuts for one full night.
Recycling
York Recycling Bins Approved: 63,000 Homes, £2.8m Cost
Approved on 9 September: three boxes become two wheeled bins for 63,000 York homes, each stream collected every four weeks. Full Council still has to fund it.
Walmgate
Walmgate: £967,300 Plan Decided 8 Sept, Have Your Say by 4th
York councillors decide the £967,300 South Walmgate plan on 8 September. Written comments and speaking slots close at 5pm on Friday 4 September.
Cycling
York Cycle Stands: 10 Sites Upgraded, St Andrewgate Shuts
Ten city centre cycle parking sites are replaced through September. St Andrewgate shuts in working hours; the Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate loading bay goes.
Planning
Stockton on the Forest: 32 Green Belt Chalets, Say by 10 Sep
32 two-bedroom holiday chalets are proposed on Green Belt behind the Starbucks at the former Four Alls Inn, Stockton on the Forest. Comments close 10 September.
Acomb
St Leonard's Acomb Charity Shop Reopens Friday 28 August
St Leonard's reopens its refurbished Acomb clothing shop on York Road at 10am on Friday 28 August. The hospice's Acomb donation centre has closed for good.
Jobs
York Claimant Count: Under-25s Up a Third in Two Years
600 York 16 to 24-year-olds were claiming in July, against 450 two years ago. It is the steepest rise of the 15 Yorkshire councils, and the city total barely moved.
Planning
Federal Coney Street: 100-Cover York Cafe Opens This Autumn
Federal has confirmed a 100-cover cafe in the old Lush unit on Coney Street this autumn. Fit-out starts late September, its applications undecided.
House Prices
York House Prices Up 4.8% to £309,611 in June 2026
York homes gained £14,194 in a year, nearly three times England's rate, and the city is now the dearest of the 14 districts in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Station Gateway
York Station Gateway Now £60.1m, £34m Over First Budget
Forecast cost is now £60.1m against a £26m original budget. The council's own auditors gave the scheme Limited Assurance and set out what went wrong.
City Centre
York City Centre PSPO: 5 New Bans Proposed, Say by 18 Sept
Five new fineable offences proposed inside York's city walls, from pestering to crowding a cash machine. Survey closes 18 September; what changed since December.
Bishophill
Victoria Vaults Back on York's Community Asset List
The closed Nunnery Lane music pub is an Asset of Community Value again from 11 August, nine months after it came off. What it does, and what the owners argued.
Christmas Market
York Christmas Market 2026: Shut Tuesdays, 12 Nov Start
York Christmas Market runs 12 November to 21 December 2026 and shuts every Tuesday, a first. The dates, the hours, and what the council's own figures say it costs.
Acomb
Beckfield Lane Closure: 8am to 5pm, Not Round the Clock
Beckfield Lane shuts 8am to 5pm on weekdays from 17 August, reopening every evening and weekend. The two phases, the bus diversions and the bin rule.