Facts and figures and how Parish/Town Councils liaise with North Yorkshire

Some interesting facts for you that have emerged from a liason meeting last night at Selby Town Hall

  1. They look after 5,753 miles of roads
  2. They look after 10,000 miles of footpath
  3. 97.5% of councils have less than 200 towns and parishes to serve
  4. North Yorkshire has 664 inc Harrogate and Scarborough to be arranged
  5. The next nearest council has 300
  6. The new teams for each part of the council area are now complete and importantly we are in the South Team for planning
  7. The area will be kept as the old Selby and Ainsty area for now

All parish and town councils have a new method of contacting North Yorkshire through a dedicated email address which they promise to respond to within 24 hours excluding weekends

parishliaison@northyorks.gov.uk