We are consulting residents of Spennithorne parish, and surrounding areas about the future governance of Spennithorne parish meeting.
Spennithorne parish 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 Spennithorne be amalgamated with the parish of Harmby.
Recommendation 2 - that the new parish boundary is as detailed in the attached map.
Recommendation 3 - the new parish shall be known as Harmby.
Recommendation 4 - there shall be a parish council for the parish of Harmby.
Recommendation 5 - that the Parish Council be named Harmby Parish Council.
Recommendation 6 - that 5 Councillors are elected to Harmby Parish Council.
Recommendation 7 - that the above take effect for administration purposes on 1 April 2027 with elections to the new Parish Council to 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.