Agenda
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Meeting |
Scarborough and Whitby Area Committee |
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Councillors Liz Colling (Chair), David Chance (Vice-Chair), Derek Bastiman, Eric Broadbent, David Jeffels, Janet Jefferson, Rich Maw, Clive Pearson, Heather Phillips, John Ritchie, Tom Seston, Subash Sharma, Neil Swannick, Roberta Swiers and Phil Trumper. |
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Date: |
Monday, 23 March 2026 |
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10.00 am |
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Scarborough Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HG |
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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Apologies for absence
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Declarations of interest |
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All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.
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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 of Democratic Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday, 18 March, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.
If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Review of bathing water quality in the North Bay and South Bay, Scarborough
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Local impacts |
(Pages 13 - 26) |
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Speakers: i. Steve Crawford, Surfers Against Sewage ii. Rosalind Aldcroft, Bay View Coffee House iii. Rudi Barman, Terror Towers and Scarborough Speed Boat Trips iv. Andrew Clay, Scarborough Tourism Advisory Board and SEA LIFE Scarborough
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Key organisations and individuals involved in improving bathing water quality
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North Yorkshire Council |
(Pages 27 - 32) |
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Speakers: i. Karl Battersby (Corporate Director Environment and NYC representative on Bathing Water Partnership) ii. Stewart Rowe (Principal Coastal Officer) iii. Joe Penny (Principal Officer to the Chief Executive)
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Professor Darren Grocke (Professor of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, University of Durham)
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Environment Agency |
(Pages 33 - 42) |
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Speakers: i. Claire Barrow (Environment Planning and Engagement Manager – Yorkshire) ii. Martin Christmas (Area Environment Manager – Yorkshire) iii. Mike Dugher (Area Director – Yorkshire)
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Yorkshire Water |
(Pages 43 - 54) |
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Speakers: i. Miles Cameron (Manager of Strategic Partnerships) ii. Adam Ashman (Head of Strategic Partnerships & Sustainability)
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Conclusions and recommendations
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Date of next meeting |
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Friday, 5 June 2026 at 10.00am at Scarborough Town Hall
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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