Rural Summit – health and education
An ARC News Service report. – Amanda Livingstone Owen of Ravenseat in Swaledale gave a graphic description of the problems that hill farming families face when she spoke at the Rural Summit at Tennants...
View ArticleRural Summit – helping young people
An ARC News Service report. – Emily Nicholas described the problems facing young people in rural areas when she spoke at the Rural Summit at Tennants Auction Centre in Leyburn on Wednesday, November...
View ArticleRural Summit – devolution and partnerships
An ARC News Service report. – At the Rural Summit at Tennants Auction Centre in Leyburn on November 19 Richard Flinton, chief executive of North Yorkshire County Council, explained how the budget cuts...
View ArticleRural Summit – affordable housing
An ARC News Service report about the Rural Summit – Young Families – an Endangered Species? – held at Tennants Auction Centre in Leyburn on Wednesday, November 19. Coun John Blackie, leader of...
View ArticleJohn Blackie – the Rural Summit and that complaint
On Tuesday, November 25, Graham Dalton and I sat with Coun John Blackie for two hours at the Bainbridge office of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) waiting to find out what had been...
View ArticleYDNPA – Middlefield Farm, Melmerby
An ARC News Service report on the decisions made at the Yorkshire Dales National Park (YDNPA ) planning committee meeting in late 2014 concerning Middlefield Farm at Melmerby in Coverdale. When...
View ArticleFebruary to December 2014
ARC News Service reports on the meetings of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s (YDNPA) planning committee meetings in 2014. The towns and villages are listed alphabetically. It took 13...
View ArticleYDNPA – December 2014
ARC News Service report on the Full Authority meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) in December 2014 at which the following were discussed: the proposed creation of “National...
View ArticleProtecting camping and caravanning sites in the Yorkshire Dales
The Association of Rural Communities (ARC) is very concerned about the future of traditional camping and caravanning in the Yorkshire Dales, especially after what happened at Westholme, Aysgarth. That...
View ArticleUpper Dales Area Partnership – January 2015
An ARC News Service report of the Upper Dales Area Partnership (UDAP) meeting held at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes on January 21, chaired by the leader of Richmondshire District Council...
View ArticleYDNPA – planning committee March 2015 (West Witton)
An ARC News Service report of the discussion at the planning committee of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) on March 10, 2015 concerning the provision by Airwave Solutions of...
View ArticleYDNPA – Authority meeting March 2015
An ARC News Service report on the full Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) meeting on March 31. The main agenda items were on how the Authority could generate sufficient income to offset...
View ArticleRight to buy and rural communities
At the AGM of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) members agreed with North Yorkshire County councillor John Blackie that the Authority should lobby the Government to exclude rural...
View ArticleYDNPA – June 2015
An ARC News Service report of the AGM of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s (YDNPA) AGM on June 30, 2015. The issues discussed included: the YDNPA’s new Local Plan and Upper Wharfedale bus...
View ArticleUpper Dales Area Partnership September 2015
An ARC News Service report on the meeting of the Upper Dales Area Partnership at the Dales Countryside Museum on September 23, 2015. There was a lengthy discussion about the Government’s proposal to...
View ArticleYDNPA Full Authority meeting September 2015
An ARC News Service report covering some of the items discussed at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s meeting on September 29, 2015. These were: concern over further cuts in the YDNPA’s...
View ArticleYDNPA – an extension too far
My personal comment on the decision by the Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, to extend the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District national parks followed by North Yorkshire County...
View ArticleFebruary to December 2015
ARC News Service reports on YDNPA planning committee meetings during 2015: applications affecting Airton, Appersett, Appletreewick, Arncliffe, Aysgarth Station, Beamsley, Carperby (fishing hut),...
View ArticleYDNPA planning committee and the Forbidden Corner
An application to extend the opening hours of the Forbidden Corner in Coverdale was refused by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s planning committee on Tuesday, February 11. The planning...
View ArticleYDNPA – Full Authority March 2016
An ARC News Service report on some of the issues discussed at the YDNPA Full Authority meeting on March 22. There were discussions about the extension of the Yorkshire Dales National Park on August...
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