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North Yorkshire Council

Your North Yorkshire Councillor is Councillor Heather Phillips Councillor details - Councillor Heather Phillips | North Yorkshire Council

For matters which are the responsibility of North Yorkshire Council see Home | North Yorkshire Council and/or register, complete and send a simple request form direct to the local team, dependent on service:

at: My account - North Yorkshire Council Customer Portal for service requests direct to the relevant:

  • Highways services officer
  • Public Rights of Way

or: North Yorkshire Council Self Service Requests, including but not only:

  • Abandoned Vehicles
  • Dogs: Strays and Fouling
  • Fly tipping
  • Litter and Street Cleansing
  • Overflowing Litter Bins
  • Park and Open Space maintenance
    • most open spaces in Crossgates were adopted from developers by the former Scarborough Borough Council and are now owned and the responsibility of North Yorkshire Council
  • Parking Enforcement for on-street parking violations
  • Property damage and maintenance

or e-mail:

or telephone  0300 131 2131

Planning applications for the Scarborough area and any related documents can be viewed on North Yorkshire Council (NYC)’s planning website:

1.       for planning applications received by NYC on or before 24 October 2025 by:

          clicking / holding the Ctrl key & clicking https://planning.scarborough.gov.uk/online-applications/

          or

          for planning applications received by NYC after 24 October 2025 by:

          clicking / holding the Ctrl key & clicking https://publicaccess.northyorks.gov.uk/online-applications/

then:

2.       inputting one of the following into the Search field at the bottom of the screen and clicking Search

  • a keyword
  • the planning application’s reference number, postcode or single line of an address

Currently, therefore, ​if you then wish to search the wider planning history of an address / site of a new application, you will need to search both of NYC’s planning website pages but will need to use a keyword, postcode or single line of an address (or old reference number) when searching on the older website page.