Shaping the future through open conversations
Designers have started work turning the My Castle Gateway New Public Spaces Open Brief into first designs. Last summer many conversations, walks and events were turned into an Open Brief for the new public spaces in the Castle Gateway area. The Open Brief describes what people would like to be able to do in the … Read more
The council’s proposal for a new multi-storey car park on St.George’s Field – to replace Castle Car Park – gained planning approval last week. The requirement for replacement parking has always been part of the brief for the work to the area. That requirement shaped the original My Castle Gateway public engagement back in 2017, … Read more
Planning Committee 19 November Last week the Planning Committee deferred the decision on the St George’s Field Car Park. We are awaiting the formal reasons for the deferral from planning, but our understanding that they include further justification for the volume of and need for replacement parking, including the number of disabled spaces, and the … Read more
Updated: 3rd September 2020 My Castle Gateway: Final Open Brief for Tower Gardens Updated: 3rd September 2020 Through My Castle Gateway we’ve been talking about Tower Gardens since 2017. Yet Tower Gardens is the area where the least active masterplanning work has been done so far. This was in large part due to the controversy … Read more
Win Derbyshire 23rd August 2020 My comments are likely to be somewhat biased as I have lived round the corner from the gardens for 49 years! I see Tower Gardens as a green space in contrast to the busy city. While it is important for lots of people to get the benefit of it, I … Read more
Views on the Tower Gardens draft Open Brief A conversation with David J Nicholson, Green Howards 25th August 2020 The Green Howards want to see the re-siting of the South African War Memorial (their reasons can be explored in depth in this blog). Their preference would be for resiting in the centre of the current … Read more
11th August 2020 Through My Castle Gateway we’ve been talking about Tower Gardens since 2017. Yet Tower Gardens is the area where the least active masterplanning work has been done so far. This was in large part due to the controversy created by the idea in the draft masterplan of putting a boat-shaped building close … Read more
This blog post aims to introduce you to some of the ideas and research that will be explored by the Living Well with Water (LWW) project that has emerged out of the My Castle Gateway conversations. You can find the main website of the project here, as well as follow LWW on twitter @WaterinYork. My Castle … Read more
7th December 10am-4pm On 7th December we delved into the histories of the Castle and Eye of York as part of developing the conversation about the area’s future. The draft Open Brief for the new Castle Gateway public spaces was published shortly before the event and was open for discussion all day. The Open Brief … Read more
One of the most exciting and talked about aspects of the Castle Gateway masterplan is the way it will open up new routes and spaces, and change the way we move around the city. The new bridge over the Foss is central to this transformation. It will form part of a cycle and pedestrian route … Read more