Just 19 new affordable homes built in York each year, new figures reveal yorkshirepost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorkshirepost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MORE affordable housing could be provided on City of York Council development sites in future – following the recommendations of a review of housebuilding across the city. The review looked at aspects that affect affordable housing – including service charges that residents pay to cover repair work and the upkeep of shared spaces, but which can be a significant monthly bill for people living in affordable properties. It also recommends that York council works with housing associations on future developments to deliver more affordable homes. And that in future versions of council housing schemes, officers look to increase the number of affordable homes built.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a block of students flats have been put on pause – after councillors on the planning committee raised concerns that people would be crammed into teeny tiny rooms . The plans for 86 flats to be built in Fawcett Street on the former Plumbase site were deferred by councillors, who asked if planning officers could go back into discussions with the developer to resolve some of their worries. Each room is just over 30sqm, but officers say the plans show the flats are a reasonable size . There is a kitchen inside each room and the development was described by planning officers as being similar to an aparthotel.
Cllr Stephen Fenton near the proposed construction site off Moor Lane PLANS for a controversial temporary works compound in York have been changed to move the Network Rail facility further away from people s homes. Neighbours received a letter in February saying that the construction compound was due to open in Moor Lane in nine days and would be in place for just under three years. Work is due to take place 24 hours a day and will include piling as part of plans to upgrade the line between York and Church Fenton. One couple living near the site said £55,000 had been wiped off the value of their house and the buyers of the property pulled out of the sale as a result of the plans.
New York Times has reported that the only legal-to-own example of the notorious never-issued gold coin will be auctioned by
Sotheby’s on June 8 after being held in a private collection for 20 years.
The March 10 piece by
James Barron also identified the owner of the coin, who until now has remained anonymous. Purchasing the coin for a then-record-breaking $7,590,020 USD on July 30, 2002, footwear designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
Stuart Weitzman was known only as “Mr. Big” at the time of the sale. A childhood fascination with stamps and coins led him to purchase not only the 1933 double eagle but also the
1856 one-cent Magenta stamp from