RESOURCES

Here you can download PDFs of the campaign logo, poster and leaflet, a copy of the GVA report, and minutes of the meetings. There are also links to the planning applications, the Portas Review and the CYRS.

CAMPAIGN MATERIALS

Campaign logo (PDF, 53kb)
Campaign poster (PDF, 45kb)
Campaign Leaflet (PDF, 800kb)

LINKS

Planning Applications:
The Planning Application - 11_02581_OUTM-ECONOMIC_REGENERATION_IMPACT-1270453
11/02581/OUTM
11/02199/OUTM
11/02199/FUL
11/02205/FULM
11/02206/FUL
11/02208/FUL

The original GVA Reports:
Retail Led Mixed Use Development at Monks Cross, York. Initial Review of Planning Issues (PDF, 106kb)
City of York Council, Retail Study 2008 (PDF, 5.9Mb)
GVA's objection letter (Word doc, 418kb)

Associated documents:
Sustainability Officer's internal memo to council (PDF, 102kb)
The Portas Review (PDF, 2.0 Mb)
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Department website, High Street Review page)
City of York Retail Study (Council website page)
York Retail Study 2008 Main Document (PDF, 158 pages, 5MB)

Object to Monk's Cross 2!

WHAT YOU CAN DO

If you care about the long-term vitality and viability of the city centre, then you can write to the Secretary of State to call for a public inquiry into the plans

Tell them that this plan

  • Conflicts with National Planning Policy Framework
  • Fails to meet York's 'sequential test' for where new shops are to be built
  • Has 'significant adverse impact' on York city centre
  • Fails to protect York's significant 'heritage assets'
  • Will cause 'severe harm' to the highway network
  • Conflicts with York's Local Development Framework
  • Will add to car journeys, congestion, pollution and air quality problems
  • Will deter hundreds of millions of pounds of inward investment at Piccadilly
  • Already being criticised by HM Inspectorate
  • Has significant adverse effects beyond the locality
  • Nearby market towns such as Malton, Easingwold, Selby, Tadcaster, Pocklington and Stamford Bridge will be affected
  • Has a regional impact
  • Has impact on nationally & internationally significant heritage assets

See the home page for how to join the call for a public enquiry.