Agenda

Extraordinary meeting, Scarborough and Whitby Area Committee - Monday, 23 March 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Scarborough Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HG

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

Declarations of interest

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

 

3.

Public questions and statements

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to St John Harris of Democratic Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday, 18 March, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. 

 

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

4.

Review of bathing water quality in the North Bay and South Bay, Scarborough pdf icon PDF 558 KB

5.

Local impacts pdf icon PDF 178 KB

Speakers:

       i.         Steve Crawford, Surfers Against Sewage

     ii.         Rosalind Aldcroft, Bay View Coffee House

    iii.         Rudi Barman, Terror Towers and Scarborough Speed Boat Trips

    iv.         Andrew Clay, Scarborough Tourism Advisory Board and SEA LIFE Scarborough

 

Additional documents:

Key organisations and individuals involved in improving bathing water quality

6.

North Yorkshire Council pdf icon PDF 728 KB

Speakers:

       i.         Karl Battersby (Corporate Director Environment and NYC representative on Bathing Water Partnership)

     ii.         Stewart Rowe (Principal Coastal Officer)

    iii.         Joe Penny (Principal Officer to the Chief Executive)

 

7.

Professor Darren Grocke (Professor of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, University of Durham) pdf icon PDF 3 MB

8.

Environment Agency pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Speakers:

       i.         Claire Barrow (Environment Planning and Engagement Manager – Yorkshire)

     ii.         Martin Christmas (Area Environment Manager – Yorkshire)

    iii.         Mike Dugher (Area Director – Yorkshire)

 

9.

Yorkshire Water pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Speakers:

       i.         Miles Cameron (Manager of Strategic Partnerships)

     ii.         Adam Ashman (Head of Strategic Partnerships & Sustainability)

 

10.

Conclusions and recommendations

11.

Date of next meeting

Friday, 5 June 2026 at 10.00am at Scarborough Town Hall