Decision details

Purpose of Report: To ask Council officers to (i) make contact with the Business Improvement District, Make It York, and North Yorkshire Police to start exploring an application for Purple Flag status for York city centre; and (ii) report back within three months to the Executive with an analysis of the costs, risks, and benefits of an application.

Executive will be asked to: Continue the multi-agency work aligned to addressing issues relating to safety and economic growth within the city with a view to strengthening the relationship between Make It York, York BID, Safer York Partnership and the Health & Wellbeing Board. Ensure that the principles of the Purple Flag accreditation are imbedded within relevant high level strategies including the Community Safety plan.

Resolved   That Option 1 be approved and that:

(i)           the multi-agency work aligned to addressing issues relating to safety and economic growth within the city be continued, with a view to strengthening the relationship between Make It York, York BID, Safer York Partnership and the Health & Wellbeing Board and;

(ii)          the principles of the Purple Flag accreditation be embedded within relevant high level strategies, including the Community Safety Plan.

Reason:     Embedding the principles of the Purple Flag in the partners’ higher level strategies will boost the city’s economy and ensure that the city centre is safe.