Parish Charter consultation

The development of a Parish Charter, defining the relationship between the new North Yorkshire Council and the parish sector as well as setting out how North Yorkshire Council and parishes will work together, is seen a priority for the new authority.

The importance of parishes and effective partnership working is essential to achieve the vision and aims of the new authority. However, as there will be an ongoing programme of transformation beyond the new Council’s start date (1 April 2023), it has been agreed the development of the parish charter will be a staged process. Once the initial version is adopted it will be reviewed and updated after six months and thereafter on an annual basis. A representative group of town and parish councillors and clerks have worked together with officers from across the district, borough and county councils to co-produce this initial version and will continue to be involved through the further development of the Charter.

Consultation

We have contacted all parish clerks to coordinate a single response from each parish council by 12 April 2023.

You can find the contact details for your parish clerk here.

View the draft Parish Charter. (pdf / 372 KB)

Drop in sessions

We are also running drop in sessions for Parish Councils across the county during February where you can discuss anything relating to the new North Yorkshire Council launching on the 1 April: