Shaping the future through open conversations
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
Following the recent engagement related to designs for the Eye of York, the council has released a press release. ‘The public feedback on these designs was strongly in favour of retaining the existing oak tree, and this option will now be developed in detail as part of the planning application to be submitted in the … Read more
Over the past two weeks we’ve been testing the plans – and four options – for the Eye of York. You can read about the different options here. Mid-way through the discussions we published a summary of contributions and in this report below, written after the end of the engagement period, we have updated this … Read more
Over the past week we’ve been testing the plans – and four options – for the Eye of York. You can read about the different options here. To aid the development of the conversation and to reflect back what we’ve been hearing here is a summary – if there is anything further you wold like … Read more
The design proposals for the Eye of York – the space between the Female Prison, the Debtors Prison (York Castle Museum) and the Court – have brought into focus a choice about the space and its specific character within the reshaped Castle Gateway. The current grass roundabout known as the Eye of York facilitates traffic … Read more
By Andy Kerr, Head of Regeneration Programmes and Castle Gateway Project-lead, City of York Council The first section of the new layout for Piccadilly has now completed, and I thought it was important to reflect on how we got to this point. The first point to note is that Piccadilly is changing – for the … Read more
By the end of May 2021 the My Castle Gateway design process was at a level of detail where we could suggest how different parts of the Castle Gateway area will feel and work. For the May events and social media discussions we shared the design thinking so far, showed how the design ideas were … Read more