Agenda
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Meeting |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Richard Foster, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Malcolm Taylor and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 4 November 2025 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Belle Vue Suite, Belle Vue Mills, Skipton |
This meeting is being live broadcast and recorded and will be available to view via our website and uploaded to our Youtube channel.
Business
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 21 October 2025
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(Pages 5 - 14) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Questions and Statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer, and supplied the text by midday on Thursday 30 October 2025, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak: · at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); · when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Scarborough Plan for Neighbourhoods |
(Pages 15 - 142) |
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Recommendations
1) Note the draft Plan for Neighbourhoods, ten-year Regeneration Plan and four-year Investment Plan for Scarborough.
2) delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Community Development and Corporate Director for Resources, in consultation with the Executive Member for Open to Business and Executive Member for Finance and Resources, to submit the final ten-year Regeneration Plan for Scarborough and the initial four-year Investment Plan to MHCLG by the 28th November 2025 following approval by the Scarborough Neighbourhood Board.
3) Accept the initial £6.808m of funding from MHCLG to deliver the Plan for Neighbourhoods for Scarborough and initial four-year Investment Plan.
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Call for Sites – Proposed submissions for Council owned sites |
(Pages 143 - 210) |
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Recommendations
For the Executive to:
1) approve that the Property service submits the 47 new potential development sites as set out in Appendix A to the NYC Local Plan Call for Sites.
2) note the draft protocol attached at Appendix B, which is intended to provide guidance to address the Council’s dual role in the Call for Sites and future Local Plan process.
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North Yorkshire Council Local Planning Enforcement Plan |
(Pages 211 - 244) |
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Recommendation
That Executive note the report, provide feedback and endorse the draft Local Planning Enforcement Plan to proceed for consultation and engagement with NYC elected members, Parish/Town Councils/Parish Meetings and publication on the Council’s website for public engagement and comment.
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‘Making’/Adopting of the Clapham cum Newby Neighbourhood Plan |
(Pages 245 - 262) |
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Recommendations
Executive is recommended to:-
1) make the Clapham cum Newby NDP on or before 13 November 2025
2) approve the Decision Statement set out at appendix A to this report.
3) approve the submission to Full Council on 12 November for final ratification.
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Leisure Investment Strategy and Options Appraisals |
(Pages 263 - 284) |
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Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1) approval in principle is given for investment of approximately £36m in Skipton Leisure and Well Being Hub, Whitby Leisure Centre, Ryedale Swim and Fitness (Pickering) and Selby Leisure and Well Being Hub in accordance with this report and subject to further detailed work being undertaken to develop the design schemes, business planning and programming.
2) the decision on final approval of the proposals for each site, having considered the overall financial position of the Council, be delegated to the Corporate Director of Resources, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Community Development and the Executive Member for Resources and Executive Member for Culture, Leisure & Housing.
3) approval is granted for funding to develop the next stages of the business cases and design works, with funding approval to be delegated to Corporate Director of Resources in consultation with the Executive Member for Resources and Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Housing.
4) approval is granted for investment of up to a maximum of £3m to replace the Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (gym and fitness equipment) for 12 additional leisure sites across North Yorkshire as a phased programme.
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Report to consider the findings of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report – Housing Services Disabled Facilities Grant |
(Pages 285 - 298) |
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Recommendations
1) Accept the findings of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s investigation into the handling of a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) application.
2) Endorse the proposed actions to address the issues raised, including improvements to service delivery, waiting list management and publishing of target delivery timescales.
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Customer Experience Strategy 2025-2030 |
(Pages 299 - 324) |
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Recommendation
That Executive approves the North Yorkshire Council Customer Experience Strategy (CXS) 2025 to 2030.
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12. |
Forward Plan
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(Pages 325 - 346) |
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13. |
Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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14. |
Date of Next Meeting - 18 November 2025 (Performance Monitoring)
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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.
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Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Democratic Services Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.
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Contact Details |
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For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer E-mail: elizabeth.jackson@northyorks.gov.uk E-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01423 556409
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services