Sitting right next to York station is a site that is 60% of the size of the old, walled city centre. It has been empty and largely unused since the glory days of steam power. 

Just a five-minute walk from the city walls, what makes the fact this site has been abandoned for so long all the more remarkable is the city is desperate for somewhere to build in order to meet demand for more commercial premises and housing.

This site extends to 45 hectares, which is double the size of Argent’s Kings Cross Central development in central London, and would go a long way to providing the space to meet that demand. Like Kings Cross Central, this site belongs to Network Rail and was used for storing coal, housing water tanks and a place to park railway rolling stock.