Serving Danby, Castleton, Westerdale, Commondale, Fryup and Houlsyke
John Preston Mr Colin Huby, the Scarborough Borough Council ‘Rural Housing Enabler’ in conjunction with the Parish Council has recently conducted a survey in order to help to identify whether there is a need for additional affordable housing in the Parish.
The findings of the survey and full report are attached.
Rural Activities for older people
Caring Together Whitby is a local based charity which provides practical and emotionla help for carers, the people they care for and older people living alone through a voluntee visiting service.
Have a look at the attached leaflet to learn more.Caring Together
The North York Moors National Park
The North York Moors is a beautiful landscape of stunning moorland, ancient woodland and historic sites. Created on 28 November 1952 it became Britain’s sixth national park. Covering an area of 554 square miles (1,436 square kilometres) the National Park has 26 miles of coastline, two national nature reserves, 840 Scheduled Monuments and over 3,000 listed buildings, attracting an estimated 7.6 million visitors a year.
The National Park has two visitor centres, The Moors National Park Centre, Danby and Sutton Bank National Park Centre, providing opportunities for cycling, walking, eating,
picnicking, shopping, crafts and wildlife-watching. The centre in Danby also houses
the inspired by… gallery, which features regularly changing exhibitions by artists who draw their inspiration from the North York Moors.
The North York Moors National Park Authority works with a huge variety of people to care for this beautiful corner of Yorkshire, providing apprenticeships and volunteering opportunities with nearly 14% of staff being apprentices from local families.
The Parish Council’s budget is limited however there are circumstances when the Council on application can award grants to organisations and individuals* where the applicant can clearly demonstrate how a grant or subsidy will be of benefit to the local community within the Parish.
*Individuals may apply for grants if submitted by an organisation to which they belong. The organisation is responsible for ensuring the grant is used for the purpose for which it is granted.
The application process is not onerous, the application form and ‘Grant Conditions’ are attached.
Each month North Yorkshire Police provide an update about crime in the Parish and surrounding area. You can read the most recent report here – if you have any information which may be able to assist the Police PLEASE make direct contact with the Police (contact details are at the foot of the attached report)
The North York Moors National Park Authority is the statutory planning authority for the National Park. In consultation with the general public, it produces all the planning policies for the area in the North York Moors Local Development Framework and determines all planning applications within the Park boundaries. The Authority does not deal with Building Regulations which is provided by the North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.
As part of the planning consultation process the Danby Group Parish Council is invited to comment on all planning applications within the Parish. Parish Council meetings are open to the public and applicants are at liberty to attend meeting where they will be given the oportunity to talk about / explain their planning application if they wish.
Details of planning applications which have been submitted as well as progress updates can be found by following the link http://planning.northyorkmoors.org.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Parish Council Meetings are normally held in Castleton Village Hall on the second Wednesday of each month except for August when there is no meeting (there is occasionally some flexibility with meeting dates so check here for the date of the next meeting). Meetings open at 7pm and members of the public are welcome to attend.
The Agenda for the next meeting is published here as are minutes of previous meetings.
Prior to the commencement of the meeting, time is allocated for members of the public to ask questions, make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item of business included in the agenda.
If you have a question or wish to raise an issue about a topic not included on the agenda then it is advisable to contact the Clerk to the Parish Council separately and in advance of the meeting.
I work from home and my hours are flexible consequently the best way to make contact is by e-mail at – clerkdanbypc@yahoo.co.uk
You can write to me if you wish at:
Mr J Preston
Clerk to the Council
27 Whitby Avenue
Guisborough
TS14 7AP