We are consulting residents of Barden and Appletreewick parishes about the future governance of their parish meetings.
Barden and Appletreewick parishes have asked the council to review their current boundaries and undertake a community governance review (CGR) to consider a merger with a neighbouring parish, in order to ensure that parish level governance arrangements continue to operate as effectively as possible.
An initial 12 week stage one public consultation ended in December 2025. The results of this consultation have been analysed and the draft recommendations for this parish meeting are listed below:
Recommendation 1 - the existing parish of Barden shall be amalgamated with the parish of Appletreewick.
Recommendation 2 - that the new parish boundary is as detailed in the attached map.
Recommendation 3 - the new parish shall be known as Appletreewick with Barden.
Recommendation 4 - there shall be a parish council for the parish of Appletreewick with Barden.
Recommendation 5 - the parish council shall be named Appletreewick with Barden Parish Council.
Recommendation 6 - that 5 Councillors are elected to Appletreewick with Barden Parish Council.
Recommendation 7 - that the above take effect for administration purposes on 1 April 2027 with elections to the new Parish Council to be held on 6 May 2027 for a term of 4 years. Changes to the electoral register required for the above take effect on the revised publication ahead of that election (planned for December 2026).
You are invited to have your say as part of this consultation. You can do this by completing the survey below, or you can request a paper copy of the survey by contacting the council on cgr@northyorks.gov.uk or by phone on 0300 131 2131.
The full analysis and feedback from the stage one consultation can be found view on the edemocracy page for the standard and governance committee meeting notes.
The closing date for the survey is 11 June 2026.
Please do not include any personal information in your response.