white and green bus on road during daytime

Have your say on rural bus services

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York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority is now carrying out a study into how to deliver better rural and coastal bus services, and Ripon and the wider area is one of the places included.

This is a important opportunity to make sure the experiences of people living in Ripon and in the villages and rural communities around it are heard. Whether you use buses regularly, rarely, or have given up because the service is not there, your views matter.

The surveys close at the end of July so please do have your say, and then share it with friends and neighbours in your village.

As an individual, please comment here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/2ZQA1Y/

For organisations and community groups, please comment here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/CRLFJM/

New councillor

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Following the last parish council meeting, I’m delighted to let you know that we have a new councillor.  Ken Davey lives in Hutton Conyers and we look forward to his contribution on the parish council – welcome Ken!

End of year accounts

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The end of year accounts for 2025/26 are now available on the website. Go to the parish council link at the top of the page and click on accounts.

NYC Council plan

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North Yorkshire Council has now published the local plan for 2025-2029. A link to the pdf can be found below.

Council Plan 2025 to 2029

End of year accounts for 2024.25

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The end of year accounts for 2024/5 are now available on the website. Go to the parish council link at the top of the page and click on accounts – a little light reading for these beautiful warm evenings!

New Councillor for the parish

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Following the recent parish council meeting I’m delighted to introduce your new councillor, Rebecca Maguire. Rebecca lives in Copt Hewick and is passionate about the village and feels it is important that all voices are heard in the democratic process.  Her contact details can be found by clicking on the parish council link at the top of the page and then looking in the councillors section.

 

Hutton Conyers defibrillator

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The council is pleased to announce that the awaited defibrillator for Hutton Conyers is now installed, registered and active.  It can be found on the outside wall of Hillside and we are grateful to Tim and Sarah for ‘hosting’ it.  The defibrillator is installed in a locked cabinet and access is obtained by calling 999. It can be used with no prior knowledge but please can everyone in the village watch the video which can be found in the useful links section on the home page, thank you.

Councillor vacancy

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We now have the go-ahead to co-opt another councillor for the parish, please see the notice on the noticeboards.  An application form can be downloaded below and applications need to be returned to the clerk by April 24th for consideration at the May meeting.

Spring is on its way

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Thankyou to Neil Cutler for this pretty photo of snowdrops in Copt Hewick, a reassurance as you scrape your windscreen that Spring is on its way.

Resignation

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I’m sorry to announce that John Blakey has resigned from the parish council due to work commitments.  We are sorry to lose him and wish him well. This does mean that we now have a second vacancy so please do get in touch if you feel you could serve your local community as a parish councillor.