Social Value Ideas for East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Cumulative solar impact motion

Council supported a motion asking government to treat cumulative impact from large solar schemes as a material planning consideration and to provide residents with clear guidance on how to engage. The…

“Speaker 11: Thank you very much indeed, chairman and members. And before I begin, I just want to be clear because this situation of cumulative impact …”

Clifftop deferred for site visit

The Clifftop Caravan Park rollback application was not decided and instead was deferred for a site visit. Members wanted to inspect the locality because of concerns about overdevelopment, conservation…

“So if not, we're going to go to the vote to defer for a site visit, which has been proposed by councelor Howard and seconded by councelor Nolan. So al…”

Holiday lodge scheme deferred and approved

The committee overturned the officer recommendation and resolved to defer and delegate to officers for approval of the holiday lodge scheme opposite Berwick Country Golf Club. Members asked officers t…

“So, it's been proposed and seconded to defer and delegate to offices for approval. Um, so that they can look at those conditions that we've just outli…”

Bruff golf scheme deferred

The committee deferred the application for three dwellings at Bruff Golf Course because members wanted further information on the financial case, the clubhouse works, and whether the sale proceeds cou…

“Right, I think we've all had our say. So, we've had a proposal from councelor Robson seconded by councel Nolan for to defer this um agenda item until …”

Simplify pothole reporting

Council approved a motion to simplify the highways reporting portal after complaints that urgent pothole reports were being redirected to the police via 101. Members also noted wider online portal fru…

“Speaker 32: So members, if you go on to report a pothole on the portal up till about a year ago, there was different options. The some of those option…”

Construction traffic plan required

For the first Scurlington Market application, officers identified a pre-commencement condition requiring a construction traffic management plan to control how the works are built and reduce impacts on…

“The council and counselors were provided with a letter from the applicants agent ahead of this committee which sets out the proposal from their perspe…”

LiveLabs road safety savings

The leader reported that the LiveLabs road lighting project delivered measurable carbon reductions, safety improvements and major savings on replacement and maintenance costs. This suggests further ro…

“Speaker 13: Here in the East Riding, our project focused on whether some streetlights on major a roads could be safely removed and replaced with smart…”

McCloud remedy software delays

Delivery of the McCloud remedy is constrained by software shortcomings in Civica’s system, causing manual work, extra staff pressure and risk of missing the 31 August 2026 deadline. The fund has alrea…

“Um, so this report provides an update on the funds implementation of the Mloud remedy. Um it also gives a some background to the remedy itself um whic…”

Report McCloud breaches

Officers recommended that the committee record and report breaches of the law to the Pensions Regulator if the fund cannot complete all retrospective McCloud amendments by 31 August 2026, or if 2026 a…

“So it's therefore recommended the committee determines that the fund should record and report a breach of the law in respect of that requirement to co…”