Decision details

BT have advised NYC that they intend to remove some more last at site payphones and kiosks within North Yorkshire. BT have placed 90 day Notices in further payphone kiosks across the authority. The Council has the opportunity to consider these payphones and kiosks and either to support BT with the removal or object to the removal.

Approve the North Yorkshire Council response on BT payphones April 2026 in the following settlements: Norton on Derwent, Scarborough, Richmond, Gilling West, Colburn, Towton, Tadcaster and Sutton in Craven

To ensure that North Yorkshire Council and its communities provide a timely response to BT for their decision

The alternative option is to not respond to this current “last at site” BT payphone removal. This would not be in the public interest as the community are not informed and as such are not given the opportunity to be involved, respond and potentially adopt a kiosk for another use should BT continue to remove the payphone based on no further evidence provided.