Decisions

To seek approval to publish statutory proposals to change the age range at Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School, effective from 31 August 2025, by ceasing the Nursery Provision

The Executive Member for Education

To make final allocations of UK Shared Prosperity and Rural England Prosperity Funding to North Yorkshire Council projects as follows:

Whitby Harbourside Project: £153,000
Whitby Old Town Hall £35,500
Scarborough Walking and Cycling Projects £51,500
Scarborough Public Realm Projects £52,000
Ripon Leisure Centre £269,684
Catterick Garrison Town Centre £269,684

Acceptance of the grant for £5,974,078 for a maximum of three years from The Warm Homes: Local Grant to upgrade privately owned houses for low-income households.

To undertake a variation to contract 48877 - Income Management and Card Payment Solution - to include the addition of a deliverable to support the consolidation of system instances under the contract and the associated charge. Extension to the contract expiry date to 31 October 2027. The value of the variation is £386,767.99.

That the Executive Member Cllr Dadd and the Leader Cllr Les agreed a tender process be undertaken to procure a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform solution that meets the needs and requirements of the Council, its citizens and the outcomes identified in the ongoing Customer Transformation Programme (CTP) to utilise our digital and technical solutional across the council. The technical assessment has determined that we need a low-code platform solution, integrated contact centre omni channel provision, and options to seamlessly integrate telephony. This will significantly accelerate our delivery of digital services which will improve the customer experience and maximise our resource.

To seek approval from the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing to adopt the revised Tenant Involvement Strategy.

Approval has been given to adopt the proposed Tenant Involvement Strategy.

To seek approval of North Yorkshire Council's Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order

Approved:
• the Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order (‘the Order’) 2025, as set out at Appendix 2 in the report;

• the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services to make the Order by affixing the Council Seal to the Order; and

• officers to publicise the Order once made, in accordance with legal requirements.

To seek approval from the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing to adopt the revised Tenancy Policy.

Approval has been given to adopt the proposed Tenancy Policy.

To seek approval from the Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing to adopt the revised Anti-Social Behaviour Policy (Landlord Services) and accompanying Good Neighbourhood Management Policy.

Approval has been given to adopt the proposed Anti-Social Behaviour Policy and accompanying Good Neighbourhood Management policy for the Councils’ landlord service.

The Corporate Director Resources agrees the increase in the loan facility available to Brierley Homes from £22.9m to £25m in line with Executive approval of 13 March 2018 on the basis that Brierley Homes produce and consider a cashflow position on a monthly basis and for this to tie in to the pipeline of the business (ie build and sales forecasts over the forthcoming few years).

i. The permanent introduction of the (School Streets, Seamer and Irton Community Primary School – Bell Close, Seamer, Scarborough) (Prohibition of Driving) Experimental Order 2023 as advertised and as shown in the Plan contained in Appendix A

iii. Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) be authorised to seal the relevant Traffic Regulation Order by the Environment Corporate Director and Executive Member for Highways and Transportation.

That the Corporate Director – Resources approves the submission of the bid totalling £1,572,400. This being made up £492,400 Revenue and £1,080,000 Capital.

To authorise the commitment of match funding totalling up to £724,600 (subject to bid acceptance), of which £189,600 is from existing sources and to note the match funding shortfall of up to £535,000 is proposed to be met from the Council’s maintenance budget.

To note that if the application is successful, a further report will be brought forward in line with the Council’s governance process.

To accept the recommendation by Councillor David Staveley to award £900 of his Locality Budgets funding to fund the purchase of gardening equipment for community use with Giggleswick Parish Council.

To accept the recommendation by Councillor Keane Duncan to award £5,000 of his Locality Budgets funding to fund the repairs to the walkway, installation of new benches and create a wildflower corridor with Norton Town Council.

To accept the recommendation by Councillor Philip Broadbank to award £1,000 of his Locality Budgets funding to fund the rental, arts and craft materials and cooking ingredients for the group activities with The Sibling Group (Harrogate).

To procure and then award a contract for a Microsoft Licence Solution Provider for a contract term of 36 months with an optional extension of 6 further months.

To procure and then award a contract for a Microsoft Licence Solution Provider for a contract term of 36 months with an optional extension of 6 further months.

To enter into a service delivery contract with CLCH to delivery community development services and web development services with migrant communities for three years commencing on 1 April 2025. Total contract value £115,816.

To enter into a service delivery contract with UfY to delivery community development services with migrant communities for three years commencing on 1 April 2025. Total contract value £87,925

To enter into a service delivery contract with NYCALC to delivery professional advice and casework services with migrant communities for three years commencing on 1 April 2025. Total contract value £224,725.

To seek approval to increase On and Off-Street parking tariffs and the councils parking permits.

To increase current Parking tariffs, both On and Off-street, plus the parking permits by 10% across all tariff lines is approved.

To seek authorisation for submission of schemes to Active Travel Fund tranche 5.

The submission of five schemes listed within the report to Active Travel England’s assurance process is approved, as part of the Active Travel Fund tranche 5 submission process.

To accept a one month extension of local transport powers that were delegated to North Yorkshire Council by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

To consider and accept an extension of one month (until 30 April 2025) to the delegation of Local Transport Functions from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) and

enter into a variation and extension agreement to the existing S101 Agreement between NYC, City of York Council (CYC) and YNYCA in respect of the exercise of the delegated transport functions for one month.

To North Yorkshire Council bidding for £90,000 from the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Local Levy to produce a Coastal Adaptation Plan for Flat Cliffs.

To enter into a service delivery contract with SDAVS to deliver community development services with migrant communities for three years commencing on 1 April 2025. Total contract value £87,925.

To review the Corporate Director of Environment’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Directors and other senior officers as set out at Appendices 1 and 2, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To consider the proposed funding allocation methodology for the DfE Early Years Expansion Grant 2025-26 funding to early years’ providers for the 2025-26 financial year. To approve the recommendation in respect of the funding allocation methodology to be used for the allocation of the grant to early years providers operating within North Yorkshire.

The Corporate Director - Children and Young People’s Service, in conjunction with the Executive Members for Children and Young People, agrees the recommendations in respect of the distribution of the Department for Education (DfE) Early Years Expansion Grant 2025-26 (EYEG 2025-26) for the 2025/26 financial year for early years providers

Announced in October 2023 based on the recommendations from the Khan Review, ‘Stopping the Start: our new place to create a smokefree generation’ was published outlining the Government’s efforts to achieve a national smoking prevalence of 5%. To support these efforts, further funding for stop smoking services was announced as part of this paper to achieve this Smokefree 2030 target.
£70 million has been identified for these services over the next 5 years, starting in 2024-25. Funding per Local Authority area has been calculated based on local smoking prevalence. North Yorkshire’s funding for 2024-25 was identified as £632k. A key decision was made in March 2024 to enable the Local Authority to accept this grant funding for 2024/25 (Decision - Stopping the Start: our new plan to create a Smokefree Generation | North Yorkshire Council)
This new Key Decision seeks approval to accept the recurring funding (defined as a grant which has been applied for previously with no substantial change to delivery of the grant) of £643k for 2025/26, in line with the Constitution.
This Decision will be taken in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Adult Services and the Executive Member for Finance and Resources.

Approval has been given to accept recurring funding in the amount of £642,891 (defined as a grant which has been applied for previously with no substantial change to delivery of the grant for 2025/26). This funding has been identified to invest in local stop smoking services over a 5-year period starting 2024-25.

We are about to enter the second of five planned years of additional investment of £70million across England. Funding per Local Authority area has been calculated based on local smoking prevalence – with £642k being identified for North Yorkshire Council for 2025/26.

This decision has been taken in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Adult Services and the Executive Member for Finance.

To review the Assistant Chief Executive Local Engagement’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Directors and other senior officers as set out at Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To award a contract to Planon Ltd for a Housing Asset Management System via a call-off from CCS framework RM1557.14.

The contract is for a period of 29 months commencing on 1 March 2025. One optional 6-month extension is available.

The total contract value is £400,000.

To review the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services’ scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Directors and other senior officers as set out at Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To review the Corporate Director’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Directors and other senior officers as set out in Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To review the Director of Public Health’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their senior officers and other senior officers as set out in Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To seek approval to accept the annual grant from the Department for Education offered to the Council for the purpose of providing a county wide offer of Holiday Activities and Food for free school meal eligible children for a minimum of 4 hours per day for 4 days over the Easter school holidays; a minimum of 4 hours per day for 16 days over the Summer school holidays and a minimum of 4 hours per day for 4 days over the Christmas school holidays

The Executive Member has approved the acceptance a grant in the sum of £1,420,280 from the Department for Education to deliver the national Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF) for North Yorkshire in 2025/26.

To recommend the rate of payment increase to North Yorkshire Foster Carers to put in place from 1 April 2025

The Executive Member for Children & Families has agreed to
• Increase the rates for payment of allowances and fees to NYC Foster Carers for the 2025/26 Financial Year by 2.5%.
• To increase the Day Care rate to £9.77 per hour in line with the increase to the National Living Wage

To agree the High Needs Budget for 2025-26, setting out the financial pressures and funding available for expenditure that fall within the High Needs Block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.

The Corporate Director – CYPS, in conjunction with the Corporate Director, Resources and the Executive Members for Finance and Schools:

i) Have noted note the financial position and financial projections within the High Needs Block for 2025-26
ii) approved the High Needs Block budget

To review the Chief Executive Officer’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Chief Executives and other senior officers as set out at Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

To review the Assistant Chief Executive HR and Business Support’s scheme of sub-delegation and make the sub-delegations to their Assistant Directors and other senior officers as set out at Appendix 1, subject to any limitations set out therein.

a) The nomination for NYCACV0057 Forrester Arms Hotels, Kilburn is unsuccessful and does not meet the definition of community value as detailed in the Localism Act 2011

b) It should be placed on the North Yorkshire Council Assets of Community Value List of Unsuccessful Nominations

To seek approval for an application for recoverable grant funding from the Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund (BIL) to allow early provision of infrastructure on the West Harrogate project. The funding will be put towards delivery transport and education schemes identified through the West Harrogate planning applications.

Approval from the Corporate Director Resources (sub-delegated to the Assistant Director Resources) in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance and Resources and the Executive Member for Open to Business to authorise the submission of an application for BIL (Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land) grant funding in the amount of £6,780,994.

The submission of application to Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) for funding of £27,500 to purchase specialist chewing gum removal equipment is approved.

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.

To update the Local Management of Schools (LMS) Procurement And Contract Procedure Rules to reflect the new Procurement Act 2023.

The Corporate Director – Children and Young People’s Service in conjunction with the Executive Member for Education Learning and Skills has approved the change to North Yorkshire Council’s Local Management of Schools (LMS) Procurement and Contract Procedure Rules.

Following the publication of statutory notices, to determine whether to close Hackforth and Hornby, Church of England Primary School, effective from 31 August 2025.
If there are no objections to the statutory notices, this decision will be taken by the Executive Member for Education, Learning and Skills at the meeting with the Corporate Director - Children and Young People’s Service

The Executive Member for Education & Skills has approved the decision to cease to maintain Hackforth and Hornby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School with effect from 31 August 2025, together with the future arrangements for the School’s current catchment area.

Following the publication of statutory notices, to determine whether to change the age range at The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form, effective from 31 August 2025, by ceasing the Sixth Form Provision.
If there are no objections to the statutory notices, this decision will be taken by the Executive Member for Education, Learning and Skills at the meeting with the Corporate Director - Children and Young People’s Service

The Executive member for education & Skills has approved the proposal to change the age range at The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form, effective from 31 August 2025, by ceasing the Sixth Form Provision

North Yorkshire Council intends to adopt approximately 30m2 of unregistered land to the northeast of Foregill Bridge for highway purposes pursuant to section 228 of the Highways Act 1980. The land is to be used to widen the bridge and access the bridge for general inspections and maintenance.

To authorise the acceptance of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Phase 4 grant, following confirmation that NYC’s application has been successful.

This funding stream is being made available by the Government to provide public sector bodies with access to funding to support heat decarbonisation schemes in their properties.

The Director of Public Health is asked to approve the new substance use services operating model that will be implemented from 1 April 2026.

Approval has been given for the new substance use service operating model, that will be implemented from 1 April 2026, including associated procurements.