The Labour Council’s new Local Plan proposes the following developments:

* Northminster Business Park (west of Acomb) : Research and Development (R&D), light industrial, and storage and distribution. 60,000sq.m/15ha

* York Business Park (East of Acomb): R&D, light industrial, storage and distribution. 14,270/3.5 ha

* Civil Service sports ground on Boroughbridge Road 308 homes (in addition to the 989 planned for the British Sugar site)

Taken together, these developments are the equivalent of building on an area twice the size of Poppleton.

The effect on local traffic congestion levels will be catastrophic.

Dualling of the A1237 is not planned before 2024 at the earliest.