Andy Jefferson – Whitby Community Network CIC

Whitby West Cliff : Beach Access Audit

We have completed a Beach Access Audit (see this website for details) for Whitby West Cliff Beach. This is particularly topical given […]

The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority were awarded funding to carry out a Rural Bus Franchising Pilot. One of the areas […]

The SBC Local Plan of 2017 listed area HA22, formerly part of Whitby Golf Course, to be developed for housing. This represents […]

As we saw with our post back in September, monitoring the Town Deal “Maritime Hub”, it’s available space wasn’t being snapped up […]

Following on from the decision in April 2026 to not proceed with academisation of Whitby School under the Wonder Learning Partnership, a […]

All significant housing developments come with an S106 agreement (part of the Town and Country Planning Act of 1990) – a legal […]

For the financial year 2025-2026 North Yorkshire Council (NYC) introduced a second home premium to council tax, meaning that dwellings with no […]

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) are proposing to infill the West Cliff Lift (closed to operation since 2021), as well as cancelling the […]

December and January are always busy months for town and parish councils, to set their budget for the following year, and decide […]

An NYC Executive meeting on 16/12/2025 presented a new report by the NYC Director of Public Health. We decided to take the […]