We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for North Yorkshire Council in Yorkshire and the Humber across 39 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
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…”
Planning staff capacity improving
Planning officers reported that new principal planners and a senior planner have joined the Richmond area team, with further recruitment underway for career-grade officers and potentially additional t…
“Hello, everyone. Good morning, everyone. So Fiona Hunter, development management team manager covering the Richmond, York's area. Since the start of t…”
Site Visit - Low Eggborrow Road Application
Planning committee unanimously agreed to defer decision on Low Eggborrow Road 107-dwelling application to conduct site visit. Committee requested highways officer to attend site visit to explain and d…
“I think we need to test the highway authorities assessment on site so that councilors can properly assess that balance. So from that point of view, I …”
Hospitality Sector Under Severe Financial Pressure
MP Julian Smith and multiple councillors raised concerns about cumulative pressure on hospitality and small business sector from: (1) Government business rate increases averaging £12,000/year per pub …
“For every pub in North Yorkshire 12,000 a year more in business rates and for the average hotel in North Yorkshire £200,000 a year in additional busin…”
Industrial Units Development - Phase 2
10 new industrial units ranging from 3,300 sq ft to 31,300 sq ft proposed adjacent to existing Harrogate West Business Park. Development addresses documented shortage of light industrial and industria…
“The units at the adjacent site are all leased. There's a significant interest and demand for the new units. Your own economic development office has c…”
Ripen Town Investment Plan - Market Square Regeneration
Comprehensive town investment plan for Ripen proposing marketplace improvements including better seating, seasonal pedestrianization of south side, flexible seating (parklets), power points for market…
“We'd like to look at um seasonal pedestrianization of the south side of the market square... We'd like to look at flexible seating. So the parklet opt…”
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…”
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