At the end of March, seven borough and district councils merged with North Yorkshire County Council to become one organisation. Last weekend marked six months since the new North Yorkshire Council, the largest unitary authority by area in England, came into existence.
Due to its size and rurality, a key concern amongst residents is whether the new Council is too big to understand their local issues and whether it is too remote to relate to their daily worries.Council has been responsible for all the services of the former eight authorities combined. Although planning is one of the key duties that the new Council has to provide, it has undergone a significant change in the way it is delivered.
Planning Committees are formed from Councillors who represent areas within the locality that the Committee is responsible for. They meet regularly, review planning applications and make decisions. This view has been shared by Councillors from various political parties and across several localities. To examine the situation, I went through the minutes of the Planning Committee of the former Ryedale District Council last year, during the six-month period from April to September 2022.
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