Notice of Confirmation of a Public Path Extinguishment and
Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order
Highways Act 1980 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
The North Yorkshire Council
Public Footpath No. 15.124/9, Low Field Lane and Pinfold Green, Staveley, Extinguishment Order 2026
AGAR Statements 2025-26
As required under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, Staveley & Copgrove Parish Council are posting the required Annual Statements detailed in the Notice of Public Rights dated 4th June 2026 and posted on the website on 4th June 2026
Notice of Public Rights for 2025-2026
The Notice of Public Rights is displayed below.
The AGAR doucments, along with bank reconciliation, detailed Income and Expenditure Account with variance analysis for the Financial Year Ended 31st March 2026 will be published on this website Friday 5th June in accordance with the Notice of Public Rights.
Minskip Road Closure
We have been advised by NYC Highways that they are needing to close the road between Minskip and Staveley until 12th June.
Current works to desilt and repair a culvert identified other sections that are unsafe, as such Highways need to close the road until a full repair can be completed.
A fully signed diversion is now in place – see image below
Works, will of course, be completed as quickly as possible.
Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2024-25
The AGAR documents for the 2024-25 financial year are now available here. The Notice of Public Rights is displayed below.
Councillor Vacancy
The Parish Council has vacancy for a new Councillor. If you would be interested in knowing more about the work of the Parish Council or in standing for the vacant seat, please contact the Council by:
- using the Contact Us page on our website, or
- contacting one of the existing Councillors. Contact details for all Councillors are available here.
Further information about the criteria for eligibility and the role of a Parish Councillor is available on our website here.
New Parish Clerk
The Parish Council is pleased to welcome Julia Oyston as the new Parish Clerk. Julia starts in post on 1st October 2024.
Julia has previously been Clerk to Sessay Parish Council. She can be contacted via the link at the foot of the page.
Community Speed Watch Annual Update
The Staveley Community Speed Watch (CSW) team, under the management of North Yorkshire Police (NYP), completed their second year of operation on 10th August 2024. The main aim of the CSW scheme is driver education and making us all aware of the dangers of travelling too fast in built-up areas.
During the year, the 16 team volunteers gave up 274 hours of their time, monitoring the speed of 3,505 vehicles during 53 watch sessions at 10 different locations on different weekdays and times around the village. The details of 309 vehicles exceeding the speed limit threshold have been passed on to NYP for further action.
The overall average rate of offending during the year was 1 in 10 vehicles but as would be expected, the rate differs for each speed zone. In the 20 mph speed zone (Minskip Road) the rate was approximately 1 in 5 vehicles. In the 30 mph speed zones (Main Street and Arkendale Road) the rate was approximately 1 in 20 vehicles.
During the two years of operation the team have now monitored the speed of a total of 6,746 vehicles and logged 635 offences. Whilst 540 vehicles have offended only once, 40 vehicles have offended twice, 5 vehicles three times and 2 vehicles four times.
The full results and analysis of all the CSW team watch sessions are available on their website at https://csw.staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk/.
If anyone would like to join the team and help to deter speeding traffic through the village, please use the contact details on their website. Volunteering usually involves 2-3 hours per month of your time. The bigger the team, the more watch sessions we can carry out and the more the message can be spread!
Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2023-24
The AGAR documents for the 2023-24 financial year are now available here. The Notice of Public Rights is displayed below.
Vandalism and Anti-social Behaviour on Nature Reserve
There have been increasingly regular incidences of vandalism and anti-social behaviour at the Staveley Nature Reserve. Unfortunately, this has resulted in damage to the round bird hide on the west lagoon, and to items within it. Whilst the damage is thankfully minimal for now, it will still cost Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) time and money to repair and replace.
The activity has been reported to the police as criminal damage. If anyone sees this occurring in future, please call the police and quote crime reference number NYP-18072023-0487 and also let YWT Living Landscapes Officer Laura Harman know on 07896 674810.
