Shaping the future through open conversations
On 4 November the Council’s Executive will receive an update report on the Castle & Eye of York project and the next steps and decisions required to progress to delivery. Earlier this year amendments to the planning submission were published with ambitious plans for the regeneration of the area. This is now working its way through the … Read more
1. Introduction Amendments to the existing pending planning application (dated 2022) have now been submitted for new public spaces and blue badge parking at the current Castle Car Park and the Eye of York. 1. Recap In November 2023 the City of York Council Executive re-aligned the scheme with the new council’s priorities. Their recommendations were for: … Read more
On Saturday 7th September and Monday 9th September we ran tours – around the site and virtually online introducing the new proposals, with around 70 people taking part. Comments and other feedback were recorded using Post-Its written by participants plus notes taken on the tours and during the online session. The proposals were also shared … Read more
1) Introduction Our last blog was in March 2024 which explained the background to the review of the Castle and Eye of York planning application. We now have some revised concept designs to share and test with you. Your feedback will inform a preferred option that will be developed into a detailed final design over … Read more
1. INTRODUCTION A planning application for a new public space at the Castle and Eye of York was submitted in February. You can view the planning application and responses to the statutory planning consultation via the Planning Portal quoting reference number 22/00209/FULM. The responses are currently being considered by the local planning authority. In response … Read more
1. INTRODUCTION Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the Castle and Eye of York planning application that has been submitted. We have received several comments and questions and we wanted to share answers to as many of them as we can in this blog. As well as reading this blog you can also … Read more
The planning application for the new public spaces in Castle Gateway and the Eye of York has been submitted. Join us to explore the designs. We have two events coming up – one online and one on the ground in the Castle Gateway area. The Castle Gateway Plans Online – Facebook Live 16th Febraury, 6-7pm … Read more
As the proposals for the reshaping of the Castle Gateway area have been developed – moving from the meanings and uses set out in the Open Brief to designs responding with physical space and landscaping, the Eye of York has perhaps been the most difficult to reconcile. Working with the many people who took part … Read more
Laura Potts is a long-term York resident and has been involved elsewhere in the city with the planting and care of natural environments. She responded to the recent public engagement about the Eye of York and this prompted an email conversation about planting and sustainable landscape in this space. We have edited this into a … Read more
By Major David J Nicholson – The Green Howards, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment Background to the Green Howards Memorial On the 25th May 1904 in the presence of the Lord Mayor of York, the Sheriff and the Corporation, Major General Sir Leslie Rundle unveiled the obelisk, which was erected in the memory … Read more