Decision details

Yorkshire Water Biodiversity Enhancement Fund Acceptance – Scalby Beck Local Nature Reserve Project. Pt2

Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Environment, Corporate Director of Resources

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

To accept the Yorkshire Water Biodiversity Enhancement Fund of £31,454 to be used towards the Scalby Beck Local Nature Reserve project (LNR)

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: 31/07/2025

Date of decision: 23/07/2025