Decision details

Proposed Yorkshire Water Biodiversity Enhancement Fund Application

Decision Maker: Assistant Director - Resources (Environment), Corporate Director of Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

The application for the Yorkshire Water Biodiversity Enhancement Fund for an amount of £31,454 is approved

Reasons for the decision:

This project has many aspects which benefit both the environment, NYC and the local community. It also opens the doors for wider projects in the future which involve other partner organisations such as Yorkshire Water, Environment Agency, Natural England and the Upper Derwent Catchment Partnership to work on landscape scale conservation efforts along the entire beck as a wildlife corridor.

Alternative options considered:

Not pursuing the opportunity to apply for funding was considered. However, this was rejected as the opportunity to draw in external funding that enhancing the capacity of the local community to work alongside NYC to help improve the site and reduce unwanted use, would be missed.

Publication date: 08/07/2025

Date of decision: 27/06/2025

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