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BBC News
07-04-2025
- Business
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Construction to start on Whitby Maritime Training Hub
Work on the construction of a £10m maritime facility in a seaside town is set to begin, a council has Whitby Maritime Training Hub will provide training facilities and accommodation for maritime businesses and service providers, North Yorkshire Council said. The council said the hub, on Endeavour Wharf, would also have space for engineering workshops and office space for marine-based start-up businesses, with construction due to be completed in April 2026. Councillor Mark Crane said: We believe the hub can open the door to new economic growth in coastal areas and be a key development for Whitby." He added: "It is imperative that there is a sustainable and diverse range of job opportunities for our communities and the building of a world-class training facility can only help inspire the future apprentices and professionals in the maritime sector." 'New opportunities' The authority said it would initially manage the facility, with the potential for a community interest company to be developed to take on the running of the Town Board chair Barry Harland said: "Presenting new opportunities for people in and around Whitby is the main reason for the hub being built."The project, which is expected to cost £9.6m, will be funded from the £17.1m given to Whitby as part of the Government's Town Deals programme. The car park at Endeavour Wharf has been closed for construction with alternative car parking available in the nearby park and ride from 6 April. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
20-02-2025
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Whitby: Town's fish quay to be brought back into use
A fish quay that has fallen into disrepair will be brought back into use by a major investment Yorkshire Council has approved in £600,000 in funding for the mooring facilities in quay, on the west side of the outer harbour, is currently not operational because of its poor was previously used by commercial fishing vessels to land their catches. The work will include the replacement of 10 steel piles and oak fenders which will be delivered from a marine-based the fenders will bring 200m (600ft) of mooring space back into use and assist in achieving harbour income targets, according to a report by at a meeting on Tuesday, Councillor Mark Crane, executive member for open to business, said: "Some work needs to be done on Whitby Fish Quay. It does need underpinning, and this is a very welcome sum of money to improve that."It's a well-used quay by fishermen and tourists – whenever I go to Whitby I see any number of tourists throughout the year, so it is important for the fishermen and the fishing industry and I welcome this further investment in our coast."The £660,000 funding will come from an "in-year revenue underspend" in the authority's environment directorate, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
08-02-2025
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Selby: Trebling of housing target sees Local Plan dropped
The trebling of a target for new houses in North Yorkshire has prompted council chiefs to halt work on a fresh Local Plan for Yorkshire Council members have agreed to stop the preparation of the document, which would have provided a blueprint for development in the town until authority's executive heard on Tuesday that the government target for housebuilding in the county had gone from 1,300 units a year to 4, Mark Crane said: "We feel this is the right time to stop." He added: "Unfortunately the figures from the government would have such an impact on any Local Plan that we no longer feel it's worth going ahead."We would have to go about consultation and find significant extra sites in order to reach the number of houses that Selby would require to deliver to get to North Yorkshire's 4,077," he said work already completed on the plans would not be lost, according to the Local Democracy Reporting added: "It will now be subsumed into the new North Yorkshire Local Plan and so the money spent, and the time spent so far, will not have been wasted." Housing shortfall A report to councillors advised that the plan could not be submitted to the Secretary of State for final approval without further time and money being spent on the emerging Local Plan worked on the assumption that 368 new houses in the Selby area would be needed every year to meet using calculations in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which was released by the government in December, between 483 and 561 properties a year would now be needed, meaning a shortfall of up to 2,895 houses over the plan's the plan to be approved, further work would have been needed to allocate new sites for housing, including more public consultation officers estimated that it would cost around £180,000 to ensure the plan was legally to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
