Agenda
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Meeting: |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 17th October 2023 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Meeting Room 3, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD |
This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting that is being broadcasted and recorded and will be available to view via www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. 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 details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. 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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Minutes of the Meeting held on 19 September 2023
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(Pages 5 - 8) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Participation |
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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 Thursday 12 October 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 Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Economic Growth Strategy 2024-2029 |
(Pages 9 - 98) |
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Recommendations: That the Executive proposes to Council that it: i) adopts the Economic Growth Strategy ii) agrees that the strategy and action plan that flow from it will be reviewed annually to reflect the prevailing economic conditions and wider opportunities that may arise.
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Double Devolution |
(Pages 99 - 120) |
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Recommendations: That the Executive: i. Note the progress of the double devolution project and the outcome of the invitation to bid by town and parish councils. ii. Agree the recommendations set out in section 3 of the report as to the outcome of the double devolution evaluation panel: a. That Settle Town Council, Little Ouseburn Parish Council and Stokesley Town Council are not invited to full business case. b. That Malton Town Council, Northallerton and Thirsk Town Councils, Richmond Town Council, Filey Town Council and Knaresborough Town Councils are invited to move forward to full business case. c. That Skipton Town Council and Whitby Town Council are recommended to move forward to full business case but with amendments to their Expression of Interest proposals. d. That separate project teams are established to work with Ripon Town Council and Selby Town Council to bring forward their double devolution proposals in acknowledgement of the ambition and complexity of the expressions of interest. iii. Agree the next steps as set out in section 4. iv. Agree that the approach to further invitations to submit expressions of interest will be agreed as part of a further report to the Executive in January 2024 as set out in section 5.
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Hackney Carriage Zones |
(Pages 121 - 132) |
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Recommendations: To confirm the abolition of the seven predecessor district/borough hackney carriage zones for Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby and to confirm that all provisions of the hackney carriage licensing regime be applied across the whole of the administrative area of North Yorkshire Council pursuant to paragraph 25, Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1972 with effect from 30 November 2023.
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Application for Homes England Investment Partner Status and Associated Affordable Housing Programme 2021-26 Bid |
(Pages 133 - 142) |
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Recommendations: That the Executive i) Authorise the Assistant Director for Housing to complete and submit the application and the associated capital bid on behalf of NYC for Homes England Investment Partner status. ii) Delegated authority to the Assistant Director Resources (Community Development) to transfer Harrogate’s RCGF credits 2022/23 to North Yorkshire Council, to sign the registered transfer approval letter, and to accept the grant as set out in the report if successful.
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Amendments to the Council’s Constitution |
(Pages 143 - 228) |
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Recommendations: That, subject to any comments Members may have: (a) Members note the amendments to the Constitution set out in Appendix 1 to this report, made by the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services under his delegated powers, for reporting back to full Council (b) the proposed amendments to the Council Procedure Rules as set out in paragraphs 4.2, 4.5, 4.10, 4.11 and 4.15 of the report be recommended to full Council for approval; (c) the proposed amendments to the Specific Delegations to the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services in the Officers’ Delegation Scheme as set out in paragraph 5.4 of the report be recommended to full Council for approval; (d) the proposed changes to the Procurement and Contract Procedure Rules set out in Appendix 2 be recommended to full Council for approval; (e) the proposed changes to the Financial Procedure Rules set out in Appendix 3 be recommended to full Council for approval; (f) the proposed changes to the Specific Delegations to the Corporate Director of Environment in the Officers’ Delegation Scheme as set out by way of tracked changes on the extracts attached at Appendix 4 be recommended to full Council for approval; (g) the proposed changes to the Area Constituency Planning Committee Terms of Reference as set out in Appendix 4 be recommended to full Council for approval; (h) the proposed amendments to the Specific Delegations to the Corporate Director of Community Development and the Corporate Director of Resources in the Officers’ Delegation Scheme as set out at Appendix 5 are recommended to full Council for approval; (i) the approach to Member engagement and decision-making throughout the preparation of Development Plan Documents and Neighbourhood Plans as set out in section 4 of this report, including the establishment of a Development Plan Committee, and the consequential amendments to the Constitution as set out in paragraph 10.3 of the report, be recommended to full Council for approval; (j) the approach to the review of Outside Bodies as set out in paragraph 11.4 of the report be recommended to full Council for approval.
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Area Constituency Committee Feedback Report |
(Pages 229 - 234) |
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Recommendation: That the Executive notes the report and considers any matters arising from the work of the Area Constituency Committees, that merits further scrutiny, review or investigation at a county-level.
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Appointments Report
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(Pages 235 - 236) |
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Forward Plan
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(Pages 237 - 248) |
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Other business which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Date of Next Meeting - 7 November 2023
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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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Contact Details: |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr, Principal Democratic Services & Scrutiny Officer Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive