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Parking fees set to rise across North Yorkshire

3 weeks ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

North Yorkshire Council officers have advised councillors to increase on and off-street parking tariffs by ten per cent in a move which could bring in almost £2m in extra income. Parking permits could also rise by the same percentage under the proposals. Officers say the increase is necessary to help pay for a raft of improvements to parking infrastructure. These include £2m plans to replace all 430 parking machines across the county.
Call for council to rethink £60m dementia hubs plan

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

North Yorkshire Council’s plans would see seven homes owned by the local authority replaced within five years, with the first built in the Harrogate and Scarborough areas. The Independent Care Group (ICG), which represents care providers in North Yorkshire and York, has however urged the authority to put the proposal out to tender to allow private companies to bid to run the hubs.
Council tax premium set to fund more than 500 affordable homes

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

North Yorkshire Council chiefs hope the 100 per cent council tax premium will raise £10m a year when it comes into effect from April. Members of the council’s executive will discuss a range of schemes to create more affordable housing when they meet on Tuesday next week. The plans include using £12m from the premium for the council’s affordable housing delivery fund to build 400 new houses.
Concerns over US restrictions of Menwith Hill intelligence

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

It comes after President Donald Trump paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine amid a breakdown in relations between the two countries over the invasion by Russia. RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate is operated by the US’s National Security Agency. The base is home to 37 giant radomes, locally known as ‘golf balls’. North Yorkshire Council Andy Brown member spoke at a meeting of Skipton and Ripon area committee to raise concerns about the decision by the US president.
Council set to expand mobile library service

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

The library van currently makes 21 stops every month but council bosses hope to increase the number of towns and villages visited to at least 40. The authority has received funding from the government’s libraries improvement fund to replace the existing mobile library with a smaller, more versatile vehicle. Library staff hope this will allow the authority to increase the number of stops to provide books, digital resources and educational support in new, mainly rural communities.
Taxi drivers urge council to do more research ahead of policy change

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

The authority is proposing to only allow new taxi registrations for wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAV), electric or potentially hybrid vehicles. The council, which has launched a consultation on the proposed policy change, licenses about 70 WAV taxis, representing around one for every 9,000 residents. But it says other rural authorities have one WAV for every 2,000 to 3,000 people.
Potential sites for thousands of new homes submitted to North Yorkshire Council

1 month ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

North Yorkshire Council has published maps showing the location of all the sites submitted so far for possible inclusion in its local plan, which will govern where housing and business developments can take place over the next 15 to 20 years. Dozens of sites on the edge of Harrogate have been put forward, including some on land designated as ‘green belt’.
School transport changes will not lead to school closures, say council chiefs

2 months ago | yourharrogate.co.uk | Joe Willis

North Yorkshire Council chiefs have ruled out any changes to the policy in the immediate future despite widespread criticism, saying the authority needs to reduce the £50m currently spent on taking children to and from school every year. New rules mean the council will only pay to transport a child to its nearest school, rather than using the previous catchment system.
Free Harrogate bus travel for guide dog trainers - Your Harrogate

Oct 28, 2024 | yourharrogate.co.uk

The Harrogate Bus Company is working with volunteer trainers from Guide Dogs to make travel simpler and safer.
Harrogate could have its own micropub

Oct 7, 2024 | yourharrogate.co.uk | Thomas Barrett

Kevin Jones, who runs the Office Ale House in Starbeck, is behind the planning application which would change the building’s use to a micropub and bottle shop. Mr Jones wrote in planning documents that the premises will have opening hours between 12pm to 9pm seven days a week. An alcohol licence will be sought for the sale of alcohol both on and off the premises at these times. A pavement licence for two small tables and four seats will also be sought for the front of the premises on Skipton Road.