Next steps for York Central to be discussed

The next steps in the development of the York Central scheme are set to be discussed at a meeting next week.At a meeting on 23 July 2020, City of York Council’s Executive will be updated on how York Central Partnership – consisting of the Council, Homes England, Network Rail and the National Railway Museum – has kept the plan moving, despite the pandemic restrictions.Councillors will also be asked to agree to several steps to maintain progress,while the terms of the £77.1m funding secured in the government’s March budget are finalised.This completes a £155m package for the infrastructure required to unlock the site for development, including a bridge and transport routes into the site.A report prepared for the meeting recommends the release £1.96m of agreed funding and accept a YNYER grant of £1.53m to undertake essential survey works, and fund early enabling infrastructure works.Outline planning permission was secured for York Central in 2019, establishing the principles of the regeneration, creating up to 2,500 homes and space for up to 6,500 jobs, together with a range of public spaces including the city’s first new park in a century.