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York planners urged to back ‘exciting and innovative’ Coney Street scheme

Thu 6 Jul 2023 @ 4:45pm - Changing city, News
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How the riverside is envisaged under the Helmsley Group scheme. Image: planning documents

Transformational plans for Coney Street have been given the wholehearted backing of an influential York organisation.

Helmsley Group’s Coney Street Riverside masterplan would connect the street to a river walkway and create 250,000 sq ft of mixed-use retail, leisure, commercial, residential and public realm.

Now it has won the support of York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, alongside its property forum lobby group.

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President of the chamber Laurence Beardmore said: “We believe these plans will help to regenerate this part of the city centre in a manner sympathetic to the environment and heritage of our city. 

“It represents a major investment in York that will benefit residents, visitors and businesses alike.  

“The new riverside access along with retail and leisure destinations will contribute to the continued improvement of York city centre and vastly improve the public realm in the area.

“These plans will also provide significant economic benefits to the city including the creation of both jobs and increased economic opportunities and will act as a catalyst for further investment and improvements throughout the city centre. 


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How Coney Street could look. Image: planning documents

“They will also fully utilise currently underutilised buildings and we would urge City of York Council to support these ambitions proposals and approve these planning applications.” 

Max Reeves, development director at the Helmsley Group, said: “We are grateful to both York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and York Property Forum for pledging their backing and public support to our vision for Coney Street Riverside.

“Both are influential groups within York and across the wider region as well as being representative of hundreds of leading organisations and people.”

The plans can be seen here and here, and at the time of writing have attracted a mixture of objections and supportive comments.

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Thu 6 Jul, 2023

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