Ryedale District Council has launched a consultation using a state-of-the-art public engagement platform tool called Commonplace. It is being used to consult citizens about their travel behaviours, with the hope of encouraging more citizens to choose to walk for journeys less than a mile.

Ryedale District Council’s new 12-mile (19km) cycling route which connects the historic market towns of Malton –Yorkshire’s Food Capital, and Pickering – home to the world-famous North Yorkshire Moors Railway is now open to cyclists.

Community and voluntary groups that are looking to kick-start new projects are being encouraged to apply for Ryedale District Council’s Community Grants scheme.

Councillors elected to North Yorkshire County Council will serve for its final ten months until 31 March 2023. They will then be the voice of the public for the first four years of the new over-arching single authority - North Yorkshire Council, which launches on 1 April 2023. 

Voters are being urged to take part in the most important local election for nearly half-a-century that will provide a “defining moment” in North Yorkshire’s democracy and shape key services for hundreds of thousands of people.