Elections for new North Yorkshire authority to take place this year
January 17, 2022
A "single-tier" unitary authority will from 2023 have responsibility for all the present functions of the







While the county authority already looks after functions such as roads, schools and libraries, district authority activities including bin rounds, maintaining parks and gardens and running local museums will become swallowed-up as the responsibilty of the one county-wide authority.
The setting of more unified council tax bills as the county starts to cover what are currently district functions will also see residents in some districts paying more, while those in districts that have maintained higher expense in the past may pay less. At present a Band D property in Hambleton district pays just over £114 towards the district authority's functions while in Harrogate district the equivalent district authority cost on the council tax bill is currently over £250.
While combining the upper two tiers of local government, the new North Yorkshire council cannot truly be described as a single tier as there is near-blanket coverage across North Yorkshire of hundreds of small local parish or town councils. These have elected councillors but have limited responsibilities. Scarborough and Harrogate are the only towns currently without such councils, but there are moves there to create them.
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