Unallocated items and items recommended from previous scrutiny committees
Dial & Ride
- Update on administration’s work on this, since Task &
Finish Group recommendations passed in June 2024. A
“one year on” meaningful update would be appreciated by
all concerned here, as that’s plenty of time.
Car
Parking provision across the city
The report we did not get in March 2025 - Covering public,
private and Park & Ride provision, Blue Badge parking, income
received, usage, impact on closing Castle Car Park on the wider
estate, wider aims e.g. shifting to less polluting vehicles,
approach taken for busy shopping areas outside of the city-centre
(e.g. Haxby, Acomb Front St), future of Res Park.
Parking
Enforcement
-
Costs of service / Income generated - scope to improve? Can
we offer services to private land owners?
- Activity across entire local authority area - How many
enforcement officers do we have, how many fines issued, which areas
of their city are they issued in, how often are Res Park zones
visited. A view of this over the last 5 - 10 years would
be helpful for identifying trends.
- Position on pavement parking
- Consistency of enforcement (seen officers apply different limits
to Double Yellow Lines)
- Hotline performance - how many reports logged, how many of these
received visits in a timely manner (or at all)
Out-of-hours drop in provision due to over-stretched Police unable
to prioritise parking
Review
of York’s economy / economic development
strategy
Stock-take of performance against current strategy and its
relevance next to the Combined Authority’s economic
development role, as well as key personell changes within CYC
Pros and cons of combining economic development services with the
Combined Authority
Planning and Development Services -
enforcement
Operational
challenges / opportunities, performance over the last 5-10 years
relative to staffing numbers, numbers of (known) breaches by
developers
Tourism Levy
Officers are exploring options with the partners/hospitality sector
for a Tourism Levy. Opportunities for Scrutiny engagement when/if a
proposal is developed with partners/hospitality sector.
A-Boards
How effective has the A-Board “ban” been?
Make It York
General update on their work, successes,
challenges, relationship with all of the market traders, plans for
Christmas Market (with reference to Committee’s previous
recommendation to look at ways to “spread” it out to
reduce crowding and make it more accessible).
Park
& Ride
Opportunity to feed into full tender, following likely short-term
tender discussed at March 2025 Scrutiny
Age Friendly York
What is being done to help make the city a better place for older
people to live in?
Review of Council’s pedestrian crossing policy
Review of the original Bus Service Improvement Plan
(BSIP)
Review of how the first BSIP has gone, achievements, next steps,
future asks of the Mayoral Combined Authority
Other Bus-related matters
- Enhanced Bus Partnership; how effective is it, is this the best
model for delivering service improvements for residents?
- Bus stop improvements
Council-run businesses
How are CYC generating income commercially? Are we using
everything we can to the best of our ability to generate new or
more income streams?
York’s Pay Gap
For 2026 as already had an initial report on the Gender Pay Gap
– what is the city’s pay gap like in relation to
ethnicity and disability? What is the Council doing to
support local businesses – especially smaller ones – to
improve on their gender pay gap performance?
Highway Maintenance
Adoption of the Highway Infrastructure Asset Management Plan will go through public decision making
Review of the Council’s Play Strategy
Upcoming Briefings
|
Topic |
Origin |
Aims and objectives |
Date |
|
Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy |
Committee |
To allow the Committee to comment on the new strategy. |
TBC |
Agreed Task and Finish Groups
|
Topic |
Origin |
Aims and objectives |
Membership |
|
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
Possible Task and Finish Groups
|
Topic |
Origin |
Aims and objectives |
Membership |
|
Section 106 and CIL |
Committee work planning briefing. |
TBC |
TBC |
|
Planning best practice |
Committee work planning briefing. |
TBC |
TBC |
|
Holiday Lets |
May Committee meeting. |
TBC |
TBC |
Place Scrutiny Committee Remit:
· 10 Year Economic Strategy, Economic Growth & Inward Investment
· 10 Year Transport Strategy
· Local Transport Strategy
· Accessibility in public areas including City Centre Access Strategy
· Parking Services (inc Digital ResPark)
· Highways
· Planning & Development Services
· Strategic Housing Provision
· Regeneration & Asset / Property Management
· Public Realm
· Waste Services
· Fleet
· Public Protection (Trading Standards, Environmental Health, Food Safety Licensing)
· Client Management: Make it York, GLL
· Client Management: YorWaste
· Emergency Planning, Flood Risk
· Monitor Emissions Impacts across the City
· Consider MCA Joint Committee Decisions as relate to this Committee
· Culture, inc York Theatre Royal, Museums, Music Venues Network (& elements of MIY)
· Libraries & Archives