Agenda
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Meeting |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chair), Mark Crane, Richard Foster, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Malcolm Taylor, Annabel Wilkinson and Peter Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 4 August 2026 |
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11.00 am |
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Venue: |
The Grand - County Hall |
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 14 July 2026
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(Pages 5 - 16) |
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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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Members 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 30 July, 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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Urban Gull Strategy |
(Pages 17 - 156) |
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Recommendations
i. The Executive approves the implementation of the Urban Gull Strategy.
ii. The Executive notes the unfunded cost of £119k in 2026-27 and that growth will be required from 2027-28 to fund the strategy on an ongoing basis.
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Woodlands Crematorium Cremator Replacement Project |
(Pages 157 - 180) |
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Recommendations
i. that Executive approves £2.5 million in capital funding to enable the gas cremators at Woodlands Crematorium in Scarborough to be replaced, like for like, with new upgraded ones.
ii. that this project is funded through NYC’s Strategic Capacity Reserve.
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Acquisition of properties to address housing need as per the Council’s Housing Revenue Account Business Plan |
(Pages 181 - 198) |
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Recommendations
i. That the Executive approves, subject to successfully sourcing Homes England funding, the acquisition of 10 newbuild homes, with 7 homes for social rent and 3 homes for Shared Ownership. All homes will be taken into the HRA, on terms to be agreed in accordance with this report and as agreed by the Corporate Director for Resources.
ii. That the Executive approves North Yorkshire Council making a bid to Homes England for Grant funding.
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Review of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Provision: Targeted Mainstream Provision |
(Pages 199 - 328) |
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Recommendations
i. That having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive resolves that the four key issues listed above in paragraph 7.3 of the report have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.
ii. The following proposals be approved:
· To add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) at St Martin’s CofE VA Primary School and Selby High School from 1 September 2026.
· To transfer the responsibility of the existing Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) based at Thirsk School and Sixth Form from the Hambleton and Richmond Pupil Referral Service to Thirsk School and Sixth Form.
· To increase the number of places at the existing Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) at Alverton Primary School, Northallerton, from 8 to 16 places.
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Adult Day Services in Ryedale |
(Pages 329 - 374) |
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Recommendations
i. That Executive notes the consultation undertaken on the proposed closure of Cauwood Day Service in Malton.
ii. That Executive notes the market development work undertaken to scope an alternative community-based support offer in Malton with a continuous workforce model.
iii. That Executive supports the proposal to close the building currently used for Cauwood Day Services and to develop and implement the proposed alternative transformed service model, and free up the site for a potential Extra Care.
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Forward Plan
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(Pages 375 - 384) |
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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 - 18 August 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