Decision details

To seek approval for submission of application for a North Yorkshire Lane Rental Scheme to the Department for Transport for Secretary of State sign off for implementation. Submission deadline is 1 April 2025.

Approval to submit a formal application to the Secretary of State to implement a Lane Rental Scheme.

To note the significant consultation exercise and the response provided was considered as part of the decision.

Subject to approval of this report, the Council will submit an application to the Secretary of State, including a detailed business case, impact assessment, and consultation outcomes. If approved, a phased implementation plan will be developed.

The Council has set themselves the deadline of getting the application submitted by 1 April 2025 for the first round of approvals in order to ensure implementation for October/November 2025, to tie in with savings targets.

Currently all Lane Rental Schemes require sign off from the Secretary of State. The DfT has set out their process for approval as follows:

• all bids sent to the DfT between now and 01 April 2025 will be assessed as a group between May-July 2025
• any bids sent by 01 October 2025 will be assessed as a group between November 2025-January 2026

A further option would be to wait until the next round of application approvals, however this would delay the scheme implementation a further 6-8 months.

A further option would be to not apply to the Secretary of State and therefore not implement a Lane Rental Scheme in North Yorkshire.