Plans submitted for 123 apartments on former Terry’s Chocolate Works site

Plans for 123 apartments on the former Terry’s Chocolate Works site in York have been submitted.

Yorkshire-based Stonebridge Homes, in partnership with landowner Henry Boot Developments, has submitted the plans.  If approved, the development plans, on land south of The Residence, will provide two apartment blocks totalling 123 apartments and offering a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments, including some duplex-type accommodation. The firm is also seeking to provide 131 car parking spaces and 157 cycle spaces within dedicated, covered cycle stores.

The buildings have been designed by Bowman Riley Architects following input from York City Council and the Conservation Area Panel. Stonebridge Homes said the development had been sensitively designed to minimise impacts on nearby residents and to protect views to the iconic clock tower and multi-storey factory building.

The planning application complies with the emerging York Local Plan and will provide 20% affordable housing units. The site occupies part of the site which previously had factory buildings on it.

Martin Acott at Stonebridge Homes said: “We’d like to thank the local community for their feedback. We have taken on board the comments made throughout the process and made refinements to the proposals as a result.

“We have now submitted our plans to City of York Council and we believe they represent a high-quality residential scheme, complementary to its surroundings and appropriate for this iconic site.”

As a result of comments made during the consultation, changes made to the proposed development include a reduction in apartment numbers and a reduction in height of the apartment buildings.