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, 17 March 2026 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Ryedale House, Old Malton Road, Malton, YO17 7HH |
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 17 February 2026
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(Pages 5 - 14) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Exclusion of the Public |
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Members are recommended to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business listed in Column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph(s) specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information)(Variation) Order 2006:-
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Public Questions and Statements |
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embers of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to St John Harris , Principal Democratic Services Officer, and supplied the text by midday on Thursday,12 March 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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Property acquisition to support the Council’s asset rationalisation programme |
(Pages 15 - 42) |
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Recommendations
That
i) Approval be given to acquire Resolution House, based on the Heads of Terms provided in Private & Confidential Appendix A.
ii) In-principle approval be granted for investment of up to £750k to support the establishment of new front-facing customer service points in Scarborough and Malton town centres, and to fund costs associated with the advancement of redevelopment proposals for vacated sites. Release of this investment will be dependent on further detailed development and refinement of the proposals outlined within this report.
iii) The decision on the release of the in-principle investment be delegated to the Corporate Director of Resources in consultation with the Executive Member for Resources.
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Adoption of a revised Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy |
(Pages 43 - 216) |
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Recommendation
That Executive adopts the revised Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy as detailed in Appendix A, taking account of updates prompted by Best Practice Guidance along with the recommendation put forward by the General Licensing and Registration Committee that all new and replacement hackney carriage vehicles be wheelchair accessible, zero emission or hybrid electric vehicles, with existing licensed hackney carriage vehicles retaining ‘grandfather rights’ until they are no longer fit for purpose.
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Adoption of an Inclusive Service Plan focused on Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing |
(Pages 217 - 328) |
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Recommendation
That Executive adopts the Inclusive Service Plan as detailed in Appendix A, taking account of the recommendation put forward by the General Licensing and Registration Committee that all new and replacement hackney carriage vehicles be wheelchair accessible, zero emission or hybrid electric vehicles, with existing licensed hackney carriage vehicles retaining ‘grandfather rights’ until they are no longer fit for purpose.
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Review of North Yorkshire Pavement Licence Policy |
(Pages 329 - 374) |
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Recommendations
i. The Executive adopt the proposed Pavement Licensing Policy as shown in Appendix A.
ii. If adopted, to authorise the approval of minor and inconsequential amendments to the policy from time-to-time by a senior officer to reflect legislative changes or correct any inaccuracies.
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Sprucing Up Scarborough – High Street Rental Auction Pilot |
(Pages 375 - 416) |
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Recommendations
That the Executive:
i. Note the report and the new HSRA powers that the Council can utilise.
ii. Grant consent to begin community engagement relating to the designation of a High Street Rental Auction (HSRA) area in Scarborough.
iii. Delegate powers to designate the final HSRA area and delegate powers to implement individual rental auctions to the Corporate Director for Community Development; and that
iv. Continual evaluation to be undertaken during the Scarborough pilot to assess the outcomes, impacts and resource implications. Authorisation to extend application of the powers to be delegated to the Corporate Director for Community Development in consultation with the Executive Member for Open to Business.
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Whitby Cliff Lift and access to Whitby West Cliff Beach |
(Pages 417 - 624) |
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Recommendations
It is recommended that Executive: i. Approve option 2 to decommission the cliff lift and agree a capital budget of £199k to be met from the Strategic Capacity Reserve and ii. discontinue the free replacement bus service.
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Maltkiln Masterplan Framework |
(Pages 625 - 1052) |
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Recommendation
The Executive agrees the adoption of the Maltkiln masterplan framework (as set out in Appendix A) as required by Policy NS3 of the adopted Maltkiln Development Plan Document.
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Harrogate Convention Centre – Studio 2 refurbishment works |
(Pages 1053 - 1090) |
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Recommendations
The Executive is recommended to:
Subject to the approval of the above recommendations, it is further recommended that:-
A construction contract be awarded for the Studio 2 redevelopment as detailed in Appendix A.
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14. |
Forward Plan
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(Pages 1091 - 1106) |
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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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Date of Next Meeting - 21 April 2026
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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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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. You may be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.
Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.
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: St John Harris, Principal Democratic Services Officer E-mail: stjohn.harris@northyorks.gov.uk E-mail: democraticservices.east@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01723 383556
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services