Here you can see recent news related to the development of Whitby and District and its effect on the lives of residents. Use the “Search” mechanism on the right to find stories of relevance to the particular category you are interested in.
Please note that you can keep up to date with our news posts by using our RSS Feed in any internet Feed software.
Health and Safety Exposures on Whitby East Pier and Harbour
Subsequent to the wealth of photo evidence of harbour neglect, a letter has been sent to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]
Read More
Whitby Hospital : Out of Hours GPs
The March public meeting of Whitby Community Network brought up the question of whether there is going to be a change to […]
Read MoreWhitby Harbour : Maintenance Issues abound
Issues with the lack of maintenance in the Whitby harbour continue to be reported back to us. Firstly we have added further […]
Read More
NYC Spend on Active Travel
A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) highlighted the poor funding for active travel across England. Spend per […]
Read More
York & North Yorks Mayoral Hustings : Road Safety
On May 2nd 2024 there will be the election of a mayor for the combined authority of York and North Yorkshire. This […]
Read More
Town Deal : Maritime Hub consultation (Jan-Feb 2024)
North Yorkshire Council have announced a consultation on the £10m Town Deal “Maritime Hub” project. This is open until the 9th February. […]
Read More
Whitby Town Meeting Minutes : Sept 18th 2023, Dec 19th 2023, Jan 8th 2024
A town / parish meeting / assembly can legally be held (see Local Govt Act 1972) whenever either the town mayor, or […]
Read More
WTC Precept 2024-2025
It is around this time of the year that councils set their council tax for the following year. Authorities like North Yorkshire […]
Read MoreJoint statement for a safer Whitby, and North Yorkshire
20s Plenty for North Yorkshire and Whitby Community Network have jointly made an activism video on Whitby’s urgent and growing elderly and child […]
Read MoreAction Vision Zero in York & North Yorkshire
The York and North Yorkshire campaigns for Action Vision Zero, and 20s Plenty, have launched a petition for the combined mayoral authority […]
Read More
Whitby Parish Neighbourhood Plan is needed
On Tuesday 7th November 2023 there was a Whitby Town Council (WTC) meeting. We decided to attend, since the fact that they […]
Read MoreTown Deal : Swingbridge Pedestrianisation Consultation
The Whitby Town Deal project entitled Harbourside Public Realm Improvements and Pedestrianisation of Swing Bridge is consulting on their proposed plan, as […]
Read MoreParking : Letter to NYC
Parking issues have not been tackled in Whitby for many years, with the promise of a parking strategy review being made every […]
Read More
Green Space : Parking is NOT Recreation
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is not in beneficial occupation of Tuckers Field on West Cliff. NYC solely holds the land in trust […]
Read MoreCoast-to-Coast Path Consultation
The Coast-to-Coast path (the 197-mile path popularised by Wainwright) is currently being developed into a National Trail. £5.6m is being used to […]
Read More