Conservation Area Appraisals are assessments of an area’s special architectural and/or historic interest and are based on a careful analysis of the conservation area, which should be both clear and objective.
A clear, comprehensive appraisal of the character of a conservation area provides a sound basis for development management and for developing initiatives to improve the [...]

Pickering suffers from serious intermittent flooding, causing great distress for the local businesses and residents.  A novel form of fill for bunds has been developed, making a dam to form a flood plain up-river of the town an affordable possibility.

Instant Barrage Services have formed a company using the expertise of Dobsons, a long established firm [...]

The North Yorkshire and Ryedale branches of the Campaign to Protect Rural England are delighted to read that work to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Dove and Pickering Beck is to go ahead. Restoring the bogs and mires on the moors, planting more trees, and holding back flood water higher up the [...]

word-pro-08-cpre-minutes-agm-nov   Minutes of the Ryedale district AGM can be downloaded here.

York and Selby District held a ‘Stop the Drop’ litter pick on Saturday 15th November.  The event was organised in conjunction with the City of York Council and Copmanthorpe Parish Council.  The team of 16 volunteers recovered 47 bags of rubbish from the verges and Sustrans cycle track.

The Ryedale branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England did their bit to clean up the local area when holding a litter pick on Saturday November 1st.   The ‘Stop the Drop’ campaign, launched earlier in the year by writer and conservationist Bill Bryson, aims to return the countryside to its former glory without the eyesore [...]

Borrowby Village Hall on Friday 7th November 2008 at 7.00pm for 7.30pm
As usual the business meeting is intended to be brief, and, this year, will be followed by a presentation about:
“Wind in the North East - constraints and opportunities”
Dan Grierson, Project Director at Noverea Energy.
The presentation will be about the issues around wind turbines, with [...]