Still no progress on developing the two vacant plots at “Lowfield Green“.
One plot was designed for much-needed “extra care” accommodation for elderly people. It is over two years since the Council asked developers to bid to provide this accommodation, but the results of the process were never reported back to a Council decision meeting.
A final decision to commence construction was expected last year but instead the valuable site remains derelict. Part of it currently accommodates ugly storage containers.
It is a similar situation on the other small site (the Wates construction compound) which was supposed to have become a public service building. Not surprisingly the work on the Yorspace site has not started.
The estate roads have still not been surfaced despite promises by the Council. They are hazardous for two wheeled users and pedestrians
No remedial work on adjacent roads like Dijon Avenue and Lowfields Drive has taken place, They have been damaged by construction lorries accessing the development site.
Street signs have been discarded and are a poor advert for what was supposed to be a prestigious development .
All in all both new and old residents could reasonably have expected all work to have been completed by now.
Local Councillors should stick their heads over the parapet and speak up against this disgraceful neglect.
NB. All 140 houses on the site were completed last July. Several remain empty. The information about Lowfield Green contained on the Councils web site https://www.york.gov.uk/housing/housing-delivery-programme-1/2 is no longer being updated
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