Meeting:

Skipton and Ripon Area Constituency Committee

Members:

Councillors Phillip Barrett, Barbara Brodigan, Andy Brown, Nick Brown, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, Richard Foster (Chairman), Robert Heseltine, Nathan Hull, David Ireton, Andrew Murday, Simon Myers, David Noland, Andy Solloway (Vice-Chair), David Staveley, Andrew Williams and Robert Windass.

Date:

Thursday, 7th March, 2024

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Belle Vue Suite, 1 Belle Vue Square, Broughton Road, Skipton, BD23 1FJ

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact Democratic Services (details on page 3) if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting that is being recorded and will be available to view via www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings after the meeting. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact Democratic Services (details on page 3) if you would like to find out more.

 

Recording is allowed at County 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, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, Democratic Services (details on page 3). We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive. http://democracy.northyorks.gov.uk/

 

Agenda

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 14 December 2023

 

(Pages 5 - 14)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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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4.  

Update from RT Hon Julian Smith MP

 

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice (including the text of the question/statement) to Democratic Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Monday, 4 March 2024, 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 Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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6.  

Receipt of Petition 'seeking an investigation into the leadership of the Upper Nidderdale Federation'.

(Pages 15 - 20)

 

To advise of a petition containing more than 500 signatures and ask the ACC to consider a response.

 

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7.  

Economic, Regeneration, Tourism and Transport Project Development Fund for the Area Constituency Committees

(Pages 21 - 30)

 

To update Members on the current budget position of the Economic, Regeneration, Tourism and Transport Project Development Fund in relation to this Committee and present a Project Scoping Form for consideration.

 

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8.  

Draft Bentham Masterplan - REPORT TO FOLLOW

 

 

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9.  

Verbal Update on the Development of Rail Services within the Skipton and Ripon Constituency Area

 

 

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10.  

Modality

(Pages 31 - 140)

 

To provide Members with an update regarding concerns over Modality run GP practices.

 

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11.  

Annual Education Report

(Pages 141 - 162)

 

To inform Members of the local educational landscape, educational achievement and the financial challenges which affect schools in the Skipton & Ripon constituency committee area.

 

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12.  

72 Skipton - Grassington Bus Service

(Pages 163 - 172)

 

To provide Members with information regarding the No.72 Skipton – Grassington bus service.

 

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13.  

Nidderdale Greenway Steering Group

(Pages 173 - 238)

 

To provide Members with the report of the Nidderdale Greenway Steering Group and ask for their comments.

 

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14.  

Updates from Youth Councils

(Pages 239 - 242)

 

The youth councils in the constituency to update Members on their work and concerns.

 

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15.  

Committee work programme

 

(Pages 243 - 248)

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16.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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17.  

Date of Next Meeting

 

 

Thursday, 6 June 2024 at 10.00am.

 

 

 

 

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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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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Contacts:

 

David Smith, Democratic Services Officer

david.smith1@northyorks.gov.uk

07542 029870

 

Stephen Loach, Principal Democratic Services Officer

stephen.loach@northyorks.gov.uk

01609 532216

 

28 February 2024

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