28-614: York Central may refer to: York Central (development) , a brownfield regeneration site next to York railway station in England York Central (UK Parliament constituency) York Central Market , in York, Pennsylvania, U.S. York Central Hospital , now Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada See also [ edit ] Central York ,
56-468: A bridge over the railway. In December 2023, McLaren and Arlington were appointed as the strategic developer for the site. Also in December, a reserved matters planning application was submitted for a six storey office building with a basement and retail space at ground floor level as part of a Government Hubs Programme with capacity for about 2,600 full-time employees. Reserved matters planning approval
84-541: A hotel in the centre of the commercial area, which is adjacent to the railway station. The developer is York Central Partnership, which consists of Homes England , Network Rail , the National Railway Museum and City of York Council. In June 2019, the project was costed at £650 million. The shape of the land to be developed, appears to look like a teardrop between two sets of railway lines, hence its alternative name. A concurrent project will see
112-491: A road with bicycle and pedestrian access across Millennium Green. The only other road access into the development is constrained at both ends by bridges with height restrictions. Millennium Green is a 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) green space at the northern end of the York Central Development. Millennium Green is bounded on the west by the railway, and on the east by Holgate Beck . York City councillors from
140-522: A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada York (disambiguation) York Centre , a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada York Centre (provincial electoral district) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
168-777: A three-year stint, was confirmed as chair for a further two years in October 2023. Walkley stepped down as CEO in January 2021, and was succeeded by Peter Denton in August 2021. In March 2021, Homes England began a six-year, 1,800 home Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Research Commission, aiming to improve construction productivity and encourage the uptake of MMC in housing delivery. In its second five-year strategy, published in May 2023, it committed to further support for MMC initiatives. In November 2019, Homes England had invested £30M into
196-631: Is a development on former railway land to the west of York railway station in York , England. The 45-hectare (110-acre) site is one of the largest brownfield developments in England. York Central is sometimes referred to as The Teardrop , because of the shape the development takes when viewed from above. Work on York Central started in 2021, and is expected to deliver 2,500 homes and 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m ) of commercial space. City of York Council and other interested bodies, had been discussing
224-655: Is to be measured and over what timescale". In late March 2024, housing minister Lee Rowley told the Lords Committee that the government would be reviewing its MMC policies in light of the crisis in the volumetric house-building sector. He promised "a full update in late spring once we have undertaken further detailed work with the sector". In 2020, the pilot sale of microplots was compared to driveway ransoms when Homes England wrote to householders in Birmingham warning that Homes England owned microplots between
252-637: The COVID-19 pandemic for its failure, with the enterprise incurring total losses over seven years of £295M. In November 2023, Homes England loaned £15M to TopHat, another loss-making MMC housebuilder, to fund construction of a factory in Corby ; in March 2024, the factory's opening was postponed. In January 2024, following the collapse of Ilke Homes and several other MMC companies (including L&G Modular Homes and House by Urban Splash ) during 2022 and 2023,
280-543: The Green Party have expressed reservations about car use stating that the development should remain as low-carbon as possible, calling for an ultra-low sulphur zone with only buses allowed in regularly. Homes England Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was founded on 1 January 2018 to replace the Homes and Communities Agency ( HCA ). HCA in turn
308-670: The House of Lords Built Environment Committee highlighted that the UK Government needed to be more coherent in addressing barriers affecting adoption of MMC: "If the Government wants the sector to be a success, it needs to take a step back, acquire a better understanding of how it works and the help that it needs, set achievable goals and develop a coherent strategy." Millions of pounds of public money had been invested, but "Homes England has not given any clear metrics as to how success
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#1732772339725336-619: The Ilke Homes modular homes business; it invested a further £30M in September 2021. Despite a further fund-raising round, raising £100M in December 2022, Ilke Homes went into administration on 30 June 2023, with most of the company's 1,150 staff made redundant, and creditors owed £320M, including £68M owed to Homes England. Eventually, Homes England would get back just £5M of its 2019 loan to company. L&G Modular Homes halted production in May 2023, blaming planning delays and
364-617: The National Railway Museum (NRM), a commercial area of 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m ) and an upgrade to the railway station. The developers stated in 2019 that 20% (500) of the homes would be affordable. In addition, a new entrance to York railway station would be built, facing towards the NRM, however, Leeman Road would be closed permanently where it runs adjacent to the NRM site. Plans from 2018 showed more six-storey apartment blocks than houses, cafes, restaurants, and
392-499: The 2010 general election. In June 2010, he said that the HCA would be retained but become "smaller, more strategic - with the HCA's functions being delivered under local leadership." In September 2010, the HCA was also included on a list of organisations being considered for closure. However, Shapps announced in October that the TSA would be merged into the HCA. In November, he confirmed that
420-589: The HCA would be retained, but reformed to cut running costs. The HCA's Kickstart programme provided grants to developers in order to rescue stalled projects during the Great Recession , helping to maintain employment and output of new homes. One notable Kickstart projects was a £45.6 million investment in Berkeley Homes to provide 555 new homes for rent on the open market, located in London,
448-676: The Homes and Communities Agency. The chief executive for the body was announced as Bob Kerslake in December 2007. Kerslake had led the regeneration of Sheffield as chief executive of the City Council since 1997. On 17 October 2008, the Housing Minister Iain Wright announced the Board members of the HCA including Robert Napier (chair), Kate Barker , Candy Atherton , and Shaukat Moledina (previously vice-chair of
476-484: The Housing Corporation). Kerslake was appointed as a permanent secretary at the agency's parent Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2010. The HCA announced that it would appoint an interim chief executive from existing staff. Housing minister Grant Shapps announced early on that the TSA would be abolished as part of the cull of quangos by the coalition government after
504-554: The York Central site for at least a decade before outline approval was granted in 2020. A timetable set out in 2004 detailed the building of 3,000 homes on 85 acres (34 ha) of land, with work expected to start in 2008. In 2009, the project, then estimated to cost £1 billion, was shelved due to the worldwide recession. As the site to be developed is "landlocked by railway lines", City of York Council set aside £10 million in 2014, to enable an access road to be built into
532-657: The current main entrance into York railway station remodelled, including the removal of the Queen Street Bridge. With the launch of Great British Railways (GBR), a successor to Network Rail, there were calls to site the GBR headquarters at York Central though Derby was subsequently chosen. Work on the site started with a clearance programme in January 2021, as part of the infrastructure works. In July 2022, construction company John Sisk & Son were contracted to begin work on £100 million of infrastructure including
560-701: The delivery of the repairs service". In Scotland this function is performed by the Scottish Housing Regulator . In Wales, the function is carried out by the Welsh government. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was replaced by a new national housing agency, Homes England, in January 2018, with a remit to acquire land and support brownfield development to help boost housing supply. In October 2018, under chairman Sir Edward Lister and CEO Nick Walkley, it published its first five-year strategy to deliver more homes in areas of greatest need, restating
588-590: The development from the A59 road . The designated area was granted Enterprise Zone status in November 2015. The development occupies land that was previously used to maintain and store railway freight wagons. The East Coast Main Line would form a boundary to the east and the north, whilst the freight avoiding lines in York would border the south and west side. The development is due to deliver 2,500 homes, an upgrade to
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#1732772339725616-679: The functions of the Academy for Sustainable Communities and the government's advisory team for large applications. In the following months, Martin Cave, Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation at University of Warwick , led the most comprehensive review of English housing regulation for 30 years. Reporting in June, the Cave Review recommended that a new regulator be set up, separating
644-462: The government's ambition to deliver 300,000 new homes a year on average. It planned to "significantly increase" housing delivery across South East England and to provide "additional professional skills capacity" for councils. In August 2019, Lister stepped down as chair of Homes England to focus on a newly created role as chief strategic adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson . He was succeeded as chairman by Peter Freeman in October 2020, and, after
672-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=York_Central&oldid=1238945166 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages York Central (development) York Central
700-628: The regulation and investment responsibilities of the Housing Corporation. On 15 October 2007, Yvette Cooper announced that the Government accepted the recommendation of the Cave Review to transfer the Corporation's regulatory powers to an independent body, subsequently named as the Tenant Services Authority (TSA). The new investment body was initially announced as "Communities England", and later renamed as
728-577: The south east and south west. However, after a campaign for disclosure by Building Design magazine, the agency revealed that many Kickstart projects failed to meet CABE 's standards of good design. The HCA acted as the government's Social Housing Regulator. It provided regular reports on each registered social housing agency in England. In March 2014, it made its first ruling that a housing association had breached its "serious detriment" threshold for harm to consumers for its home repairs against Circle 33 , due to "chronic and long standing difficulties in
756-642: Was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 as one of the successor bodies to the Housing Corporation , and became operational on 1 December 2008. On 17 January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the investment functions of the Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and parts of the Department for Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency. It would also incorporate
784-629: Was granted in February 2024 for a new hard surfaced public square with soft landscaping to be located between York railway station and the National Railway Museum. Originally envisioned with an access road off the A59 at Holgate, the favoured vehicular access route is via a new spine road at Water End, on the east side of Severus Bridge (the A1176 road linking the A59 with the A19 ). This would entail building
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