Wednesday 28 September, 2pm till 7pm, The Milton Rooms, Malton

The public agencies who are responsible for regulating all the various aspects of future fracking projects in the Vale of Pickering and beyond will be coming together to host a drop-in event at the Milton Rooms in Malton between 2pm and 7pm on Wednesday 28 September.

The Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Oil and Gas Authority, and Public Health England will be there to explain their individual roles and to answer questions from concerned residents and businesses.

Everyone is welcome to drop in any time between 2pm and 7pm.

[Photo shows fracking site bottom left and Flamingo Land at Kirby Misperton]

The Village Design Statement for Slingsby, South Holme and Fryton was adopted by Ryedale District Council as a Supplementary Planning Document on 1 September.  It now forms part of the legal planning framework and will be used by the Council when determining planning applications.

The VDS is a document prepared by a small group of residents following local consultation and provides guidance for people wishing to alter or extend their properties and for developers wanting to build new houses here.  It is an attractive document with lots of photographs of buildings and design features.  It can be viewed on the Ryedale District Council website by following this link: Village Design Statement.

The list of documents found via this link also includes supporting documents, covering consultation, adoption and context.

READ ON for a brief description of the VDS and why you should read it:

The Village Design Statement is divided into themes. It provides historical content, and the settlement’s evolution to present day. The document:

• Considers the setting of the village in the countryside, including important views in and around the settlement;
• Describes and defines the layout of the village and areas of differing character;
• Provides details of the houses which create the special character of the village;
• Describes views, setting and features through maps and photos;
• Discusses features such as materials, roofs, utility fixtures and fittings, windows, doors, outbuildings (barns and sheds), property boundaries and gates;
• Identifies landscape features and important trees, and wildlife and habitats; and
• Most importantly, it provides guidelines for future development and property alterations.

In summary, it seeks to achieve the following:

• Identify features which should be protected/preserved;
• Identify changes which could be harmful to the village’s character; and
• Help to guide new developments and alterations to existing buildings.

The aim is provide a locally-specific context to considering how new development and alterations can contribute to ensuring that Slingsby remains the attractive and valued village it is today, and that in Fryton and South Holme any new development is sensitive to its surroundings.

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The Slingsby Village Website would like to thank the VDS team for the huge amount of effort which they have put into this carefully considered and balanced document, which will play a part in protecting our village from unsuitable development.

From North Yorkshire Community Messaging:

On Mon 1st August in the Ryedale area a couple were flagged down whilst in their vehicle by a young Asia male. When they spoke with him he stated he had run out of petrol and had no money to buy any, he offered his gold ring in exchange. This is a scam – if you are approached/flagged down please contact NYP on 101 giving all details especially the car registration number.

Monday 23 May, 6.55pm, Northallerton.

North Yorkshire County Council’s Planning Committee has approved Third Energy’s application to carry out fracking at a well in Kirby Misperton.

At the end of a two day meeting at County Hall in Northallerton, the committee voted by a majority of 7 to 4 to accept their planning officers’ recommendation that they approve, subject to conditions, the application to test-frack at the KM8 deep well.

This vote came in spite of the overwhelming local opposition to fracking, demonstrated in over 4,000 representations to the Council and a full day of presentations to the committee on Friday, from experts and laypeople opposing the application.

Opponents of the controversial and novel technique believe “it only starts with one well” and that this decision may, in effect, fire the starting gun on fracking across North Yorkshire, and could ultimately lead to the industrialisation of Ryedale’s rural landscape.

In the event, the committee accepted the company’s assurances regarding the safety of the operation and the effectiveness of their control measures.

Whether this is a black day for Ryedale or the dawning of a new age of energy independence remains to be seen.

Wednesday 25 May, 7pm, Merchant Taylors Hall and Merchant Adventurers Hall (above), York

A truly unique event and a chance to explore the Merchant Taylors Hall, not normally open to the public.

York’s two great medieval halls host an unmissable and unique collaborative event between the Companies of the Adventurers and Taylors of York and the Ryedale Festival. This Double Concert features world-renowned artists and celebrates the 600th anniversary of the Merchant Taylors’ Hall as well as providing an opportunity for the Ryedale Festival to launch its 2016 programme to York audiences. Both concerts are performed twice; the audiences will change places at the interval.

In the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall the Heath Quartet evoke the world of War and Peace with Tchaikovsky’s noble and lyrical 1st String Quartet. Its famous slow movement is based on a Ukrainian folksong that famously moved Leo Tolstoy to tears.

 

In contrast, the Merchant Taylors’ Hall is the setting for an irresistible and varied recital by one of the country’s leading musicians, Catrin Finch, known as ‘The Queen of Harps’, and former Royal Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales.

Please consider joining us for what promises to be a special evening on Wednesday 25th May 2016 at 7.00pm at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall and the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall.

There is a 7 to 10 minute walk between venues.

Tickets for this concert are £30.

To book please contact the Festival Box Office on 01751 475777 (Mon-Wed 9.30 – 2.00) or by email [email protected]

To see more details of the concerts at the main Festival in July, please visit the Ryedale Festival website.

 

The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall is of major national importance and is a grade 1 listed building and scheduled ancient monument. It was built between 1357 and 1361, before most of the craft or trade guild halls in Britain, making it one of the largest buildings of its kind and date in Britain. It is very unusual to be able to see in one building the three rooms serving the three functions of a medieval guild; business and social in the Great Hall, charitable in the Undercroft and religious in the Chapel.

The Company Hall at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall has recently been dated using tree ring technology and celebrates its 600th Anniversary in 2015.  The main timbers were felled in forests to the North of York between 1410-1413 and the Hall was completed in 1415 / 1416.  Although mainly used as a meeting place for the Company to carry out its business, the Hall has in the past also been used as a school and theatre.  It is now used to host a variety of events including weddings, dinners and conferences.