Student flats plan for former garage site in Lawrence Street, York

A former York garage which has been occupied by squatters could be turned into 250 student flats.

Plans have been handed in to City of York Council to build two accommodation blocks on the Lawrence Street site which once housed the Reg Vardy motor dealership and Bubbles car wash.

Local residents and businesses have lodged a string of complaints about vandalism at the site after squatters moved in, with police saying attempts to move them have proved difficult …

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