York council news

Housing York Council Homes Deal: 300 Homes, Passivhaus Dropped Willmott Dixon and Cityheart will build York's next council homes, starting with about 300 on five sites. Why the council changed its approach, and which sites. 22 October 2026 · 4 min read Licensing Yakamoz Goodramgate Keeps Licence Despite Home Office Bid Councillors kept Yakamoz's licence on 16 October and added three right-to-work conditions. Immigration Enforcement had asked for revocation over a 2025 visit. 21 October 2026 · 5 min read Health York Stoptober: Free Vapes and NRT to Help You Quit Smoking York smokers can get free one-to-one help, 10 weeks of patches or vapes and the Smoke Free app this Stoptober. A grandfather of 62 explains why he quit. 6 October 2026 · 4 min read 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. 1 October 2026 · 7 min read 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. 1 October 2026 · 5 min read 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. 25 September 2026 · 3 min read 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. 25 September 2026 · 6 min read 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. 20 September 2026 · 4 min read 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. 18 September 2026 · 9 min read 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. 17 September 2026 · 4 min read 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. 13 September 2026 · 9 min read 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. 13 September 2026 · 6 min read 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. 13 September 2026 · 5 min read 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. 10 September 2026 · 6 min read 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. 6 September 2026 · 8 min read 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. 3 September 2026 · 9 min read 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. 30 August 2026 · 6 min read 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. 16 August 2026 · 7 min read Schools York School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 October York schools break for October half term on 26 October and for Christmas on 18 December. Every 2026/27 holiday, plus the schools that break a week earlier. 6 min read Bins York Christmas Bin Collections: Dates Due Early December York's Christmas 2026 bin dates are not out yet; the council posts them in early December. Last time most bins went a day late and Saturday rounds were added. 5 min read