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google

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https://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=P5XKXRSJLZL00

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https://www.bcd-urbex.com/st-joseph-convent-of-poor-clares-york/

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/convent-of-st-joseph-order-of-the-poor-clares-york-february-2013.87295/

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2014 - 2017

£73m scheme on a 6.3-acre site at St Joseph’s Convent on Lawrence Street redeveloped into a 649-bed student village accommodation

The convent was home to a closed order of Poor Clare Colettines for 140 years, until its closure in 2016

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Well-though out, large collaboration
Consideration of the master plan
Collaboration of a wide range of stakeholders (public consultation in Sept 2014) and professionals (local planning officers, Historic England, Re-form, Purcell UK)

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https://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=N31UACSJ0B800

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Google - more recent
Google - previously a park

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Google

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https://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=N2D96MSJ7R000

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Well-though out?

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8 apartments
Completed in 2017
A York City Council scheme

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Not too sympathetic to surroundings (brick, modest, low)
New design - wide array of modern materials, only facing brick in different color (Staffordshire Blue brickwork and terracotta cladding, aluminium)
Flat roofs - not in line with teh locality, yet same height and more space (commercial)

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Internal layouts and storage space have been carefully designed in response to resident feedback on previous schemes.

New landscaping (flowers, grass).

"distinctive character and strong identity"

tackling the shortage of housing (New Council Homes)

social need - accommodation for pensioners?

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"unique identity" - despite the rest of the brickwork street, criticized for condition (not seen on photos)

Not supported by community, sparking fury

not appropriate to a street dating to 1880's - and criticized in the design statement

ignored risk of flooding

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Development of six contemporary townhouses together with the conversion of a former 19th Century Inn (into two townhouse) arranged around a landscaped courtyard
Gross development value of £4.77 million, took year and a half
In between Piccadilly and Walmgate

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Preserved elements of the interior - both brick and wood

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Sensitive conversion of the pub

Not very visible from the street

Huge improvement from the previous state

A predominantly good palette of materials - mainly brick matching the surroundings

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https://planningaccess.york.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=NYRVNFSJKD200&activeTab=summary

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Scala Yard, 19/2 (rear left of the Electric Cinema)

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Scala Yard, 19/2 (rear left of the Electric Cinema)

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Rear
The Site

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Rejuvenation on a vacant, brownfield lot

Hidden from main views

Good quality, original accommodation

Not too high, not pretending to be old

No objections

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Glazed, tile-bricks and wood (oak and cedar) - sensitive diversity to conservation area?
Complex, narrow site

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The four townhouses and one apartment are located in the rear yard of the former Electric Cinema, now a restaurant. The area included the original service rooms of the former cinema and a dilapidated timber Scout Hut constructed c.1950.

Prior to redevelopment, Scala Yard was overgrown and contained .