York café seeks to extend planning permission for five years

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 06:03 · Archive

Hull Road Park Café in York has applied to extend its temporary planning permission for a further five years.

Hull Road Park Café in York has applied to York Council to extend its temporary planning permission for a further five years. The social enterprise Choose 2, which works with disabled children and adults, has run the café at the site since 2017. The application comes after the council agreed in March to lease the modular building housing the café to Choose 2.

Choose 2 stated the café had become an integral part of the park and Tang Hall community. The application noted the café had diversified since the coronavirus pandemic and now produces more than 2,000 meals for vulnerable adults annually. More than 70 three-course Christmas meals were served to people suffering from social isolation over the last two years.

Beyond meal provision, the café hosts a permanent under fives table with children's books and activities, works with local groups including Tang Hall Community Centre, youth clubs and childminders, and provides drop-in space for local councillors. It has also hosted food and activity programmes during school holidays and offered a winter warm space with free drinks and pay-as-you-feel meals.

How it is being reported

• York café feeding people struggling at Christmas bids to stay openA York café which feeds people struggling with isolation at Christmas has lodged a bid to stay open.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 15 Oct, 05:00
• York café feeding people struggling at Christmas bids to stay openA York café which feeds people struggling with isolation at Christmas has lodged a bid to stay open.The Press (York) · 15 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Hull Road Park Café · Choose 2 · York · Tang Hall · York Council

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