North Yorkshire Unitarisation

Residents and businesses in North Yorkshire are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the District Councils – Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. The City of York Council is a unitary local authority and is responsible for all local governement services in its area. The councils in North Yorkshire have been developing ideas about restructuring local government for some time. On 9 October 2020 the Secretary of State invited the principal councils in North Yorkshire , and the neighbouring unitary council of York, to submit locally led proposals for unitary local government. The Secretary of State receiv