COUNCIL bosses have drawn up plans for hundreds of new homes on the land across York
Former school sites at Lowfields and Burnholme are in line for development, along with other old schools and care homes, a disused car park and council-owned land elsewhere in the city.
According to a report prepared for councillors next week, if the authority builds houses itself it can build the two to three-bedroom family homes York needs and can make sure 40 per cent are“affordable”.
Councillors will be asked to approve the plans for 550 homes over five years but are likely to drop plans for a specific housing development company instead having the authority’s own housing department run the project.
The first site for development - Lowfields - could see work start in 2019.
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