North Yorkshire Council

Thirsk and Malton Area Committee - 5 December 2025

Information on quiet lanes

1.0       PURPOSE

1.1 Members requested information on Quiet Lanes.

2.0       Overview

2.1       The existing Quiet Lanes Protocol was adopted by North Yorkshire County Council and migrated to the new North Yorkshire Council.

2.2       The service area is looking to review the protocol in the coming months. This has been given further impetus following the creation of a draft speed management strategy (see appendix A), which is due to be considered by Environment Directorate Corporate Director and the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation on Friday 28 November 2025.

3.0	RECOMMENDATION
3.1	That the information be noted.

Report author – Nicki Lishman, Senior Democratic Services Officer