It has become clear which additional sections of Green Belt land are now under threat from Labours expansion plans.

They announced a year ago that they wanted to increase the size of the City by 25% over the next 15 years.

Now they want to go even further and have identified additional stretches of green belt land that could be developed.

This despite a number of “windfall” opportunities emerging over the last year which has seen planning permission granted in York for around 1500 additional homes on brownfield (previously developed) land.

No community is safe from the expansion plans although the Boroughbridge Road (Acomb Ward) and Poppleton (Rural West) area fare particularly badly.

A whole series of residential developments will see virtually all the land lying between the existing built up area in east Acomb and the A1237 developed.

There will also be a huge expansion of the Northminster Business Park on the other side of the A1237. The garden centre site may also be developed.

Other communities facing additional development include

• New Earswick,
• Escrick,
• Heworth Without,
• Fulford,
• Elvington,
• Designer Centre (expansion and new Park and Ride location),
• British Sugar site,
• Osbaldwick,
• Haxby,
• Huntington,


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• Clifton Moor,
• Winthorpe new town,
• Dunnington,
• Wheldrake,
• Copmanthorpe,
• Knapton Moor (new solar energy site),
• Towthorpe (ditto),
• University (further expansion),
• Wigginton Road (Park and Ride site),
• Askham Bryan (compressed natural gas depot and Freight Transhipment centre)

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