NORTH YORKSHIRE 

LOCAL ACCESS FORUM

Forward Plan 2025/26

Date of Meeting
Standing items	· Minutes  · Matters Arising · Public Questions and Statements · Secretary’s Update Report · LAF Sub-Group and Individual Project Updates · Coast to Coast Update · Forward Plan
28 May 2025	· Election of Chair · Election of Vice Chair · NYC Countryside Access Service (CAS) Annual Report · Update from the Rights of Way Improvement Plan Sub-Group · Update from the Best Practice Sub-Group · Sustrans Design Project · Consultation response on the proposed modifications to new settlement (Maltkiln) Development Plan Document
24 September 2025	· Update from the Local Plan Consultation Sub-Group on the consultation response to the Issues and Options Consultation and the Sustainability Appraisal. · Planning Inspectorate Survey - Examination of New Settlement (Maltkiln) Development Plan Document · Nidderdale National Landscape Management Plan 2025-30 consultation. · Howardian Hills National Landscape Management Plan 2025-30 consultation. · Malton and Norton Town Investment Plan · Discussion on Natural England's access responses as statutory consultee to major developments and SSI
21 January 2026	• Annual review of the NYLAF Terms of Reference • Local Transport Plan Update · Nidderdale & Howardian Hills National Landscape Management Plan 2025-30 Action Plan • Humber Carbon Capture Pipeline Consultation • Planning Update from the Highway Development & Adoption Team Leader
Suggested Future Items	• In-depth discussion on Reinstatement  • Draft NYC Active Travel Strategy • Attendance of the new dedicated bridge engineer Paul Tweed