Active Travel England to be Consulted on Planning Applications from Today From today, 1st June 2023, Active Travel England (ATE) will be consulted on all large planning applications. This follows a pilot project where ATE worked with 30 local authorities
North Yorkshire Executive Approves Harrogate Station Gateway North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Executive approved Harrogate Station Gateway at a meeting yesterday. It means a Full Business Case can be submitted, which will enable the council to draw down the funding and
Recommendation to Proceed with Harrogate Station Gateway North Yorkshire Council Corporate Director Karl Battersby will make a recommendation to proceed with Harrogate Station Gateway at a council meeting on 30th May 2023. The Corporate Director’s report to the Executive sets
To Do Nothing Is Not Feasible – A660 Cycle Route, Leeds ‘To do nothing is not feasible, as the existing issues of road safety, lack of connectivity and congestion would not be addressed’. Those were the words of Helen Hayden,
ATF4 Allocations Allocations from Active Travel Fund 4 (ATF4) were announced today. Active Travel England is distributing a pot of £200 million that was first announced on 6th February 2023. In the months since then, local authorities put in bids,
5 Years After Otley Road Cycleway Project Began, NYC Highways Brainstorms Ideas North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Highways held a meeting last night to brainstorm ideas for how to use the £565,000 of Otley Road money they have left. It is
Only 20% Traffic Reduction by 2030 Consistent with UK Climate Goals A 20% traffic reduction by 2030 would be consistent with the UK’s climate goals as set out in the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Balanced Pathway. Unfortunately the UK government
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
Shopping Objections to Harrogate Station Gateway At the recent council meeting about Harrogate Station Gateway, a number of public speakers opposed the project. One of the objections raised was that the motor car is the most practical means of transport
Conditional Support for Harrogate Station Gateway at Area Committee There was conditional support for Harrogate Station Gateway at a meeting of Councillors of the Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Consituency Committee (ACC) this morning. This is a video of the meeting