North Yorkshire Council

Selby and Ainsty Area Committee

18 September 2025

Work Programme

1.0       PURPOSE OF REPORT

1.1 To ask Members to consider the Committee’s work programme and amend it as required.

2.0       BACKGROUND

2.1       The intention is for the Committee to develop a work programme that:

a) is owned by the Committee,

b) has items on it that are important locally but relevant at a strategic level,

c) evolves over time and is not static.

2.2       The Committee Chair, Vice-Chair and the Democratic Services Officer will keep the work programme updated.  They will also determine which items need to be considered at a committee meeting and if any could be dealt with by an informal working group.

2.3       The Work Programme is considered at every meeting and is an opportunity for Members to request additions to the programme of work.

3.0       FUTURE ITEMS OF WORK

3.1       Democratic Services maintains a live version of the work programme, which is available for any committee member on request. A current version is always included in the papers for each committee meeting as part of the Work Programme Report.

3.2       The items scheduled for consideration at future meetings are at Appendix A.

4.0	RECOMMENDATION
4.1	Members are asked to: a) consider the Committee’s work programme and amend it as required. b) consider any other items that they would like to be brought to the committee

Scheduled meeting dates

· Friday, 24 October 2025 at 2pm – Extraordinary Meeting

· Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 10am

· Thursday, 22 January 2026 at 2pm – Informal budget session via Teams

· Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 2pm

Appendix A – Work Programme

Report author – David Smith, Senior Democratic Services Officer.