Agenda

Meeting:

North Yorkshire Local Access Forum

Members:

Paul Sherwood (Chair), Will Scarlett (Vice-Chair), Rachel Connolly, Patricia Coulson, Jeremy Dunford, Naomi Guthrie, Roma Haigh, David Lepper, Samantha Perks, Belinda Ryan, Councillor Robert Heseltine, Councillor David Jeffels and 1xVacancy.

Date:

Wednesday, 27th September 2023

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Project Room B, Ground Floor, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting. Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

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, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 25 January 2023

 

(Pages 3 - 8)

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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.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Melanie Carr of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Friday 22 September 2023, 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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5.  

Coast to Coast Path National Trail Update

 

 

A representative from Natural England will be in attendance to provide a verbal update on the development of the national trail.

 

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6.  

Network Rail Verbal Update

 

 

A representative from Network Rail will be in attendance to provide an overview of ongoing work in relation to the relationship between railways, and Bridleways and Rights of Way.

 

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7.  

Overview of Disability Access & Equality Act Measures

 

 

Attendance of a representative of North Yorkshire Moors National Park to provide an overview of any general access issues, compliance with Equality Act 2010 and improvements for the ‘less abled’.

 

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8.  

Planning Update from NYC Assistant Director for Planning

 

 

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9.  

Planning Sub-Group Final Report

 

(Pages 9 - 26)

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10.  

Local Transport Plan Update

 

 

The Forum will receive a brief presentation from NYC Transport Planning on the ongoing work to develop a new Local Transport Plan.

 

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11.  

Secretary's Update Report

(Pages 27 - 30)

 

Purpose: To update LAF members on developments since the last meeting.

 

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12.  

Council Liaison & LAF Project Updates

 

 

Purpose: An opportunity for LAF members to verbally update the Forum on and Council liaison and other LAF representative project activity since the last meeting.

 

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13.  

Work Programme

(Pages 31 - 32)

 

Purpose – To consider, develop and adopt a work programme for future LAF meetings.

 

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14.  

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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Contact Details

 

Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistance Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

19 September 2023

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