City of York Council has received notification from the Planning Inspectorate that the applicant for the Moor Lane planning application has appealed the Council’s decision to refuse the outline permission for up to 516 residential units near the Askham Bog site.

This year’s Fulford Show will be held once again on August Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August, to raise money for local and national charities. The show will take place between 1pm and 5pm on the School Lane playing field and in the Social Hall, Fulford.

City of York Council has published a draft masterplan for the Bootham Park Hospital site, following the public consultation which took place last year.

Cllr Keith Aspden, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Council, has called on the Government to reverse the proposed extension to Permitted Development rules, which could have a negative impact here in York.

Liberal Democrat Spring Conference will return to York in 2020, following successful events in 2014 and most recently, earlier this year.

New budget proposals for 2019/2020 from the Liberal Democrat and Green Partnership have been agreed by Council, with significant investment due for frontline services, the city’s highways network, carbon reduction measures and work with communities.

City of York Council will now work to secure additional social, economic and environmental benefits to the York Central Development, following recommendations made by the Liberal Democrat and Green Executive.

Liberal Democrat Councillors are calling on the Council to take further action on long-term empty properties, in order to help provide more homes in the city.

Plans for up to 516 homes to be built on land off Moor Lane in Woodthorpe have been scuppered as a Council Planning Committee refused the controversial planning application, removing the threat of development that has been hanging over the treasured Askham Bog nature reserve.

Liberal Democrat analysis of new Home Office figures, published this week, has revealed that the Conservative Government cut funding to North Yorkshire Police Force by 5.9% in real terms between 2015-16 and 2019-20.