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Also Inside... A special pull-out with info on how you can get involved in decisions about the place where you live THE VOICE OF SELBY DISTRICT Spring 2012 Welcome Shape up for spring Citizenlink gives you an update on the work of Selby District Council. We publish two editions a year. This time around we’ve reduced printing and distribution costs through a procurement partnership with two other councils. That means delivering this for less. We think it’s important you have an opportunity to know what’s going on, what we’re doing and how we spend your money. These updates also give important information about local services. In this edition we concentrate on things we know matter most to you: leisure services and clean streets. We’re also focusing on the services you access most frequently, for example planning and benefits. The £1.1million investment at Abbey Leisure Centre in Selby has Why not take a look around and see if Please note: some copies of Citizenlink encouraged nearly 2,000 more people to sign up for membership, you want to join too? are delivered to homes outside of the Selby District Council area. It is more according to the latest figures from the Trust that runs the service Abbey Leisure Centre, Scott Road, Selby cost effective to do this, even bearing on behalf of Selby District Council. Opening times and days in mind print costs, than to send 6.30am - 10.00pm Weekdays directly to individual homes within the WLCT is in charge of both Abbey Leisure sport and leisure activities available to 7.00am - 7.00pm Saturday postcodes that straddle two different and Tadcaster Leisure centres, in an residents.” 8.00am - 9.00pm Sunday council areas. innovative ten-year deal designed to bring As well as the refurbished gym and in new investment but cost taxpayers less new health suite facilities, Abbey Leisure A full range of state-of-the-art gym in the long-run. Also part of the deal is Centre also boasts a popular pool, which facilities, sauna, fitness suite, swimming the running of sports courses and clubs to runs sessions for all ages as well as open pool and refreshment area help the community. Over the past twelve swimming. Annual membership from just £18 per Inside your months four new clubs have been set up Gillian Ivey is the Council’s Executive month and WLCT has drawn-in money to invest in member with responsibility for leisure Tadcaster Leisure Centre a new Rugby League Development Officer. services. She said, “This partnership Opening times and days It’s this sort of community work that continues to go from strength-to- 9.00am to 10.00pm Weekdays Your Council WLCT now wants to develop further. strength. We’ve seen a huge increase in 10am to 7pm Saturday Tax bill The organisation’s Head of Service membership of the Abbey Leisure and 10am to 7pm Sunday explained for Sport, Mike Lyons, told Citizenlink, Tadcaster centres, and we’re now looking Page 2 “We’re determined to make a difference at ways we can further enhance facilities Find out more online: www.selbyleisure.co.uk and continue to broaden the range of through additional investment.” London 2012 comes here to Selby New hospital site now fully open Page 3 The fight which means that it looks different from Selby’s new hospital and civic against different angles. It is designed as an old flytippers centre development is now fully penny, to reflect the contributions local Page 4 open, following the completion people made to fund the original hospital of the car park late last year. at the site. National Selby District Council’s involvement award for our Hospital services have been delivered has been key to getting the new hospital local hero from the new premises for some months built, as explained by Council Leader, page 5 now and the Council relocated soon Mark Crane, “I’m really proud of what after; but the car park and landscaping of we’ve achieved here by working closely PLUS... the site have only recently been finished. together with the NHS. There was no way The development had to be staged like Selby was going to get a new hospital • Details of your waste this because of the demolition of the old without support from elsewhere, which and recycling collections hospital. is why we got involved in this project. • How Homechoice supports The car park includes a new sculpture It’ll save both of us money in the long- Council tenants to celebrate the war memorial legacy run too, with reduced spending on • Let’s get set for spring of the site. The sculpture is a parallax, maintenance and running costs.” at Selby Park! 2 Spring 2012 Need to get in Leader’s Leader Despite tough All councils have been It’s not been easy; far from touch? economic times dealing with significant it. But we’ve been ahead of reductions to funding; but the game on this. Our website has information we’ve got a good instead of looking at which Further challenges are about everything we do: news story to services to cut, at Selby ahead. The economic www.selby.gov.uk tell here at Selby we’ve looked root and branch volatility means income from Phone us: 01757 705101 District Council. at how we deliver services to investments is down and see if we could do more with inflation is up – both of which Visit us less. And we have. put us under pressure. And Access Selby We’ve been through a total more cuts to funding are still Market Cross, Selby, YO8 4JS restructure of the organisation to come. Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri – to really focus on getting the But I’m confident that we 9.30am to 4pm most from our money. The can continue to be innovative Weds – 10am to 4pm changes we’ve made have and flexible to deliver the Or you can find out about Selby saved £1.3million from our services you really need District Council services at your base budget, on top of other despite these challenges. local library efficiency savings delivered Every member of staff I speak Tadcaster Library over recent years. to is determined to do their Station Road, Tadcaster That means we’re doing bit – to deliver our services as LS24 9JG more with your money. efficiently as possible. Mon – 2pm to 7pm Tues and Fri – 2pm to 5pm Thurs – 9am to 2pm Sat – 9am to 1pm How to view Sherburn in Elmet Library, Finkle Hill, Sherburn, LS25 6EA Your Council Tax planning Mon, Tues and Fri – 9.30am to 5pm applications Weds – 9.30am to 1pm Thurs – 9.30am to 7pm online Sat – 9.30am to 1pm bill explained Did you know that you can The Council Tax Bill shows the equivalent homes in the area. to the end of March 2013 and view planning applications financial year for the charge; Band C to A pay progressively the instalments you need to online by visiting our the name of the people liable less; Bands E to H pay keep to. website www.selby.gov. to pay, the correspondence progressively more. If the On the back of the bill is a uk? address and the address of the number of homes, or the Direct Debit form. The easiest All planning applications property the charge is for. number of properties in each way to pay your Council Tax, we receive are available Under the date of issue valuation band, change in an you can choose from four to view simply by visiting is your account number. To area then the number of Band payment dates. the planning portal pages the right are the Council Tax D equivalents of our website. You can Band for the property and in that area view the original planning the Disabled Band, where we to spread the applications, see who is show if a reduction is made Council Tax dealing with it and view the for property adaptations for a charge over actual decision when its disabled person. also changes, made. We collect Council Tax hence the Background and for North Yorkshire County change on supporting documents Council, Police, the Fire individual relating to each planning Planning Service and your local town or bills. application are available parish council, and ourselves. The charge and there is detailed review to The charge for each is shown. for the period information on making A number of people have is shown, and paying for an online asked why, if there was no less any application, commenting re-start Council Tax increase last discounts on planning applications year, the amount on the bill and benefit and appeals. It’s quick The Council’s been reviewing and easy to find out what three areas of its strategic changed. – giving the Council Tax is divided up amount you you want to know about planning document, the planning applications. Core Strategy, since by the number of Band D have to pay the adjournment of the document’s Examination in Public last autumn. The Examination in Public Council re-structure delivers long-term savings is a review of the document by an independent Planning We’ve changed how we work at Selby District Selby. Access Selby works to Inspector. The Inspector Council to enable us to continue to deliver services a contract with the Council. highlighted three areas for you need, but with significantly less resource. That means councillors further work, including a still have control over what review of the total number Like councils across the savings.