Social Value Ideas for North Yorkshire Council

Defer solar farm for legal review

Members agreed to defer the solar farm item because late representations raised detailed legal, EIA, highways, heritage and other planning concerns. Officers said the updated recommendation was deferr…

“Speaker 3: Thank you, chair. So since completion of publication of the officers report, members have received late representations, which raise a numb…”

NSIP handling process

Planning officers explained how North Yorkshire Council handles nationally significant infrastructure projects: the strategic planning committee acts as statutory consultee, officers prepare local imp…

“So at the moment in time, it's set out in our constitution, and that says that the strategic planning committee is responsible for responses as a stat…”

Variation to bridge trigger conditions

Officers recommended varying conditions 19 and 53 on the Middle Deepdale residential scheme so that occupation of homes can continue before the link road bridge is completed. The proposal was narrowed…

“This application submitted under section 73 the town and country planning act and it seeks to vary conditions attached to the outline planning comm pe…”

Road Safety Fatality - A19 Rickle Junction

A fatal collision occurred on 1 August 2025 at the north end of Rickle junction on the A19, resulting in the death of former councillor John Dugen. This was the fifth fatality on the A19 since 2000, w…

“John Dugen. My father died on the 1st of August 2025 as a result of a traffic collision at the north end of Rickle onto the A19”

Road Safety Crisis - Multiple Serious Accidents

Residents and families submitted statements detailing serious accidents on local roads including a teenager hit on Utley Lane in February 2023, and multiple subsequent collisions. Parents report inabi…

“He no longer walks to school. He used to until his older brother got hit whilst walking on the pavement to school... His parents are too scared to let…”

Yorkshire Water AMP8 investment

Yorkshire Water outlined a very large capital programme in the Selby and Ainsty area under AMP8, including storm overflow upgrades, wastewater treatment works upgrades, sewer network upgrades, phospho…

“So overall, in AMP eight, we are spending £8,300,000,000 across the clean and waste infrastructure. 1,500,000,000 is specifically for the upgrade of s…”

Sewer and overflow monitoring

Yorkshire Water confirmed a major rollout of sewer telemetry and online water quality monitoring, including over 20,000 additional sewer monitoring points and 700 continuous water quality monitors by …

“We'll be installing continuous water quality monitoring upstream and downstream of, overflows to monitor for ammonia, turbidity, temperature, pH, diss…”