Notices - 2026
Your voice matters, have your say shaping the North Yorkshire Local Plan
published on 28th Oct 2026
North Yorkshire Council is consulting on the following two documents:
The Scoping Consultation Document which seeks views on;
- the scope of the local plan,
- the key priorities for the vision,
- identifying locally specific matters and how the local plan can help to address them,
- options for how future growth can be delivered in the plan area, and
- the evidence required to support the plan
The Draft Engagement Strategy which seeks views on;
- how the council proposes to engage with the local community and stakeholders in preparation of the local plan.
Comments are invited from Monday 26 October 2026 to Monday 7 December 2026 (midnight).
To view the consultation documents and provide comments please visit the consultation portal at: https://northyorks-consult.objective.co.uk/kse/
All relevant comments received during the consultation period will be considered by the Council to inform future stages of local plan preparation.
In addition, background information and documents are available to view on the Councils website www.northyorks.gov.uk/localplan or via the link: North Yorkshire Local Plan evidence base | North Yorkshire Council
Printed copies of the consultation documents are also available at Council offices and libraries within the local plan area.
Guidance on how to submit comments and details relating to this consultation are provided on the consultation portal accessed via the link: https://northyorks-consult.objective.co.uk/kse/
Comments must be received by midnight on Monday 7 December 2026
You can find out more about this consultation at: www.northyorks.gov.uk/localplan
Light Valley Solar update
published on 28th Oct 2026
Application by Light Valley Solar Limited for an Order Granting Development Consent for the Light Valley Solar Project
Procedural decision attached following the applicant’s request to make 9 changes to the submitted application. CR PD letter - October 2026
Seasonal Health Partnership
published on 28th Oct 2026
NYC Health & Wellbeing winter comms update:
Be ready campaign
published on 28th Oct 2026
The Government has launched Be Ready, a new three-year national resilience campaign designed to help households take simple, practical steps to prepare for emergencies and periods of disruption. The campaign is being led by the Cabinet Office and supported by Local Resilience Forums (LRFs), including emergency services, local authorities, charities and community organisations. North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum is coordinating and advocating the campaign here.
The launch of the Be Ready campaign does not indicate any increased threat level or specific concern. The campaign forms part of a long-term national programme to strengthen community resilience and encourage practical preparedness across the country.
What is Be Ready?
The campaign encourages residents to be better prepared for emergencies that can affect everyday life, such as severe weather, power outages, disruption to water supplies, telecommunications failures or transport disruption.
The campaign is intended to promote practical preparedness and resilience as a normal part of everyday life. Messaging is designed to be reassuring, proportionate and non-alarmist.
More information about the campaign can be found here: gov.uk/beready
Initial Focus: Priority Services Register
The first phase of the campaign focuses on encouraging eligible residents to sign up to the Priority Services Register (PSR). See link below.
The Mayer's Local Transport consultation
published on 6th Oct 2026
Follow the link below to have your say in The Mayor's Local Transport Plan consultation. Closing date for comments 18th November 2026.
Let's Talk consultation from North Yorkshire Council
published on 6th Oct 2026
The council delivers a wide range of local services, including social care, education, housing, leisure, roads and waste collection and like many councils across the country faces increasing demand for services and rising costs. The ‘Let's Talk Money’ survey asks what services and priorities are most important to you and how you think the council’s budget should be spent. Residents are also being invited to tell the council what level of council tax increase feels right and give feedback on the second homes premium introduced in 2025.
The survey is open until 26 November 2026. Feedback received will help inform future budget decisions and council priorities.
Heronby
published on 23rd Sep 2026
Planning reference 26/05591/SCOPE.
Land South Of Stillingfleet Road And West Of The A19, Approximately 1km South-west Of Escrick (NGR SE 61740 41392).
Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion for outline planning permission, all matters reserved except access, for a multi-phased sustainable new settlement comprising: up to 3,500 dwellings; employment floorspace; settlement centre and neighbourhood centre retail and commercial uses; public and social uses including community centre, sports pavilion and health centre; 1 no. 3-form entry primary school; 1 no. 2-form entry primary school; 1 no. secondary school; 1 no. senior living/care home facility; 1 no hotel; a new Country Park; park and ride facilities, comprising up to 150 spaces; associated landscaping work; highways work including 2 new roundabout junctions on the A19 and priority junction improvements on Stillingfleet Road; associated active and sustainable travel improvements; and associated infrastructure including Sustainable Urban Drainage Scheme (SuDs), utilities and enabling works. Comments by 17 October 2026.
Changes to NYC planning systems
published on 3rd Sep 2026
Planning system briefing updates 2026
Improving Planning Services Across North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Council is delivering a major improvement to its Planning Service by bringing together all planning systems into a single, unified platform.
This project will create one set of consistent processes across all areas of planning. By working in a more streamlined and coordinated way, we aim to deliver a more efficient and effective service for residents, businesses and stakeholders.
What this means for you
The changes will help us:
- Process planning applications more efficiently
- Provide clearer and more consistent information
- Deliver a more reliable and responsive customer experience across the county
Changes to how applications are advertised
As part of this work, some areas will see changes to how planning applications are publicised.
In certain cases, neighbour notification letters will no longer be issued. Instead, applications will be advertised through:
- Site notices, placed near the application location where appropriate
- Online publication via the Council’s Public Access system
Stay informed about local applications
We strongly encourage residents to sign up for development alerts through Public Access. This free service allows you to receive notifications about planning applications in your area or for locations that interest you.
Signing up ensures you continue to be informed about developments that may affect you, even where neighbour letters are no longer sent.
For the legacy area of Selby, all planning applications received prior to 8th June should be viewed here: Selby
For all applications received since 8th June, they should be viewed here: North Yorkshire Public Access
In August, all Selby cases were loaded into the North Yorkshire Public Access site and this will be the site that will hold all information going forward. The latest information on where you can view cases will be published on our website –
View and comment on planning applications in the Selby area | North Yorkshire Council
Our commitment
These changes are part of our wider commitment to modernising services, improving transparency, and making it easier for residents to access planning information.
We will continue to ensure that all applications are publicised in line with statutory requirements and that opportunities to comment remain clear and accessible.
PCSO drop in event
published on 22nd Jul 2026
The local PCSO for Escrick will be at Escrick Club on Sunday 26th July for a drop in from 1- 3pm. Please call in if you would like to raise any concerns or have any queries.
Light Valley Solar consultation - May 2026
published on 21st Apr 2026
The Light Valley Solar Project (LVS), has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the Planning Act 2008. The following comments have been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate by Escrick Parish Council in response to the next stages of the NSIP process:
The parish of Escrick recognises the national importance of renewable energy and supports the transition to a low-carbon economy. This support is not unconditional and must be balanced against the protection of valued landscapes, heritage assets and long term sustainability of rural communities.
The proposed development represents an extensive and industrial-scale intervention across a highly sensitive rural landscape immediately adjoining Escrick and the Escrick Park estate. The scale, distribution, and visual presence of the solar arrays and associated infrastructure would fundamentally alter the character of the area, eroding its openness and historic rural identity.
Particular concern is raised regarding the impact on the setting of heritage assets and the historic estate landscape, where the introduction of large-scale engineered structures would result in a clear and lasting harm to their significance and the close proximity to several isolated dwellings where occupants will effectively be swallowed by the development and encounter major ongoing disturbance not only though the build but throughout the sites operational life.
While the applicant highlights biodiversity enhancements and reversible land use, the duration of the development (up to 60 years) represents a generational change in land character, effectively constituting a long-term loss of agricultural landscape and rural amenity creating potential for yet further scarring on the already industrial battle scarred landscape through the areas efforts seen in the railway, quarrying, mining, and wartime sacrifices.
The justification for site selection appears to be primarily driven by grid connectivity and commercial land availability rather than landscape and area suitability, resulting in the inclusion of areas that are demonstrably sensitive and closely associated with established communities and large areas of needless damage to include Escrick on a remote edge.
The inclusion of Light Valley Solar site 1 (adjacent to Escrick) in this project makes no sense when the location of the other sites in this scheme are viewed on a map. The transmission distances, cabling required & disruption to the environment involved in including the Escrick site are unacceptable. Site inclusion is purely driven by the landowners willingness to take short term financial gain and there is simply no regard for the human or environmental impact of including the Escrick site in this proposed scheme by those involved. There would also be considerable long term damage in the loss of much needed agricultural land for future national independence needs by inclusion of this site. It should be a basic requirement of the applicant to actually prove their claims that this land is of poor agricultural value. We say that because we know in the community that despite the claims made in the application this land has been in the past and could be in the future, perfectly suitable for sustainable crop production.
Furthermore, insufficient weight has been given to cumulative impacts arising from similar large-scale solar proposals in the wider area, which collectively risk transforming the overall character of this part of North Yorkshire.
Escrick Parish Council therefore considers that the adverse impacts of the proposal significantly outweigh its benefits in this location and that the development, as currently proposed, fails to achieve an appropriate balance between national need and local environmental protection.
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