WTC and the 21% rise in precept for 2023-2024
Any resident of the Whitby parish who pays council tax will almost certainly have seen their council tax bill for 2023-2024, and […]
Category: Local Governance
Council Organisation
Whitby Town Council : visibility of proceedings
Whitby Town Council (WTC) has a current policy of having a main council meeting once every 2 months. We aren’t sure how […]
NYC : Accessibility of the Scarborough and Whitby Area Committee
We now have a North Yorkshire Council (NYC). It has 6 area committees supposedly for discussion of more local issues. In fact, […]
NYC Climate Change Strategy Survey
The North Yorkshire Council Climate Change Strategy Draft was published on Monday 13 February and is available to view online. The Strategy […]
Community Networks?
In moving to a North Yorkshire unitary Council, NYCC are proposing establishing up to 30 community networks across the county, with each […]
Town Poll : June 13th 2022
A Parish Poll was demanded at a meeting of electors of Whitby Parish (Whitby Town Council area) held on Thursday 12 May […]
Parish Poll in the Media
The Whitby Parish Poll on Monday 13/06/2022 (voting between 16:00 and 21:00) is getting plenty of coverage in the media. Whitby Town […]
NYC “Area Committees” – more of the same?
An opinion piece by Joyce Stangoe – the views expressed are those of the author. The biggest change to local government in […]