The scheme concerns the site of the former Heworth Gas Works, which has approval to build the homes.
However, the developer - Heworth Green Developments - went into administration last August, leaving the administrators, Moorfields of London, trying to find a buyer for the land.
Heworth Green Developments Ltd currently has just the one director John Howard Neil, with Neal Investments listed as the only shareholder, a company which is in administration.
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