Distraction Burglary - Don't get caught out!!

Selby police are keen to make people aware of Distraction Burglary. Many people, particulalry the elderly have been caught out and been the victims of day light robbery. For more information Click here

Junction 34 M62 Closure

The Parish Council has been informed that J34 of the M62 Whitley, will be closed for repairs. The dates and times of the closures can be viewed in the attached document by clicking This Link

Selby Community Engagement Forum
Held at Eggborough Sports and Social Club
Thursday 15th July 7pm (Doors open 6.30pm)

Whitley residents are encouraged to attend this venue, as the traffic problem through Whitley and the Traffic Petition are on the agenda.
Also if anybody who wishes to attend has transport difficulties, they can contact Councillor John Watson (01977 661 442) in advance, who will then liaise with other councillors Simon Humphries, Kath Walton and Sue White to arrange lifts. Click This Link for details of agenda

Parish Council AGM - Chairmans Report

Whitley Parish Council held their AGM on Tuesday 25th May 2010 at the local school on Learning Lane in Whitley. During the AGM members voted a Chair and Vice-chair, Clerk and then dealt with AGM business and closed. Simon Humphrey the chairman read his report of councillors' work during the past 12 months which can be downloaded by clicking This Link The AGM was immediately followed by a normal council meeting.

The training session will take place at 7.00pm on Tuesday 4th May at Selby Town Hall.

To book a place on the training session please e-mail home composting or contact the waste team on 01609 532512.

Vicar Retires
Local vicar Rev. Colin White has now retired from his position as vicar of the local parish covering Kellington and Whitley. Colin has been the vicar for 10 years and leaves the area to live in Northen Ireland, his last service was delivered on Palm Sunday. The Rev. Clive Flatters from Knottingley will be taking services until further notice.

Sunday services at Kellington and Whitley will be held at 4pm from 1st April. Anyone wishing to book a Wedding, Christening or Funeral should use the following contact numbers to make arrangements:-

Eric Chambers Tel: 01977 661875
Moira Richmond Tel: 01977 661690
Ann Procter Tel: 01977 661638
David Bradley Tel: 01977 661255

Whitley Church (All Saints) gets new fence
Local residents will be pleased to hear that the first phase of converting the church to a village hall will be in place by the end of April. Thanks to Whitley PC who allocated some Section 106 funding, the church will have a new child safe area fenced off to the rear of All Saints where parents can take children on warm summer evenings for a picnic or just to enjoy the sun.

The fence will be erected on 26th April, and supplied by local company Burn Fencing. The PCC would like to extend a thanks to Richard Walker for his patience in waiting for the project to be authorised by the church.

Local Residents Support REDUCE Speeding Through Whitley
Local residents are showing their support to reduce speeding through Whitley by emailing the village website with their views. Many people have described their frustration that little appears to have been done to tackle speeding until the current Parish Council started its campaign. You can let us know your views by emailing us.

A19 Speeding Through Whitley - UPDATE
Residents in the village should be aware that Steve urrell from North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that following the information provided by fitting a "black box traffic data collector" across the A19 in Whitley during February, the Police will be carrying our "regular enforcement activities". A full analysis of the data is yet to be completed.

Figures analysed to date show that 77.8% of drivers through the village were above the legal speed limit, of which 85% were above 41mph. The mean (average) speed of drivers was 34mph with a top speed of 76mph.

There is a petition which villagers can sign to support a mandate for action regarding speeding in Whitley, you can sign this at the George and Dragon pub or contact John Watson for a copy (01977 661442). The goal is to obtain a minimum of 300 signatures!

Whitley Allotments
Its happened at lastThe Parish Council has made a revised offer for the land off Whitefield Lane. We have said we will buy it for £10,000. This is more than we had originally wanted to pay, but it is based on an assurance by the land agent that the land owner is very likely to agree to sell at this price. We are cautiously optimistic that the deal will go though. However, one of our conditions of purchase is that we can get vehicle access to the site.

The Clerk to the Parish Council (Keith Leppingwell) is talking to the National Coal Board about getting access via the piece of land they own, which is at the eastern end of the terrace of houses in Whitefield Lane. This would potentially be ideal. It doesn't now look likely that we will be able to get access via the rhubarb sheds at the other end of the site.

If the access issue can be sorted out we will press the land agent to complete the sale as soon as possible. However, these things are inherently slow, and with the best will in the world I don't think that all the transactions will be completed before June. Because we are all itching to get planting, I have asked the land agent to see if we might be able to get access to the land pending completion of sale. He is looking into this.

To summarise - the project is potentially looking good and making progress, although it has taken slightly longer to reach this stage than oeriginally hoped. Please contact Sue White with any questions (01977 662917).

Speeding Complaint Form - Get Involved
Its happened at last - North Yorkshire police are actually listening to residents in Whitley. Now is your opportunity to get involved in the speeding traffic through our village, simply download the form, fill it in and send it to the police. To download the form Click Here

Selby Council - Refuse & Recycling Collections
Crews are currently out working on today's scheduled work. They will be concentrating firstly on all main roads and roads that have been treated. They will be visiting all areas but where the crews feel that the roads are unsafe they will be unable to collect.

Once all possible work has been completed today they will start on work missed from Wednesday, where roads are accessible. Tomorrow they will complete accessible work scheduled for that day and then start on work missed from Tuesday.

At the weekend they will be returning to all areas from this week that they have not previously been able to access.

Because the conditions of the roads in villages will vary it isn't possible to give a definite day of collection for anyone. We may be able to access some roads in one village but not others but we will continue to try over the weekend and into the beginning of next week to access all properties.

This is all subject to the weather conditions and we will continue to update this information throughout the week.

Finally we have taken the decision to suspend green waste collections until the weather improves. This will allow us to use the resource to tackle the back-log of refuse and kerbside box collections.

Selby Council - Refuse & Recycling Collections
Due to adverse weather conditions, Selby Council have suspended all collections today. This will have a knock-on effect for the rest of the week but further information will be provided as soon as possible.

Visit the website for more information by clicking Here

Christmas Church Services
The following services are taking place during December 2009, everyone is invited and welcome:-
Sunday 20th December @ 3.30pm Kellington Church - Carol Serv.
Thursday 24th December @ 5.15pm Whitley Church - Christingle Serv.
Thursday 24th December @ 11.00pm Kellington Church - Midnight Mass
Friday 25th December @ 9.15am Whitley Church - Communion Serv.

Fr Colin White invites everyone from Whitley community to attend and looks forward to meeting you. Contact him on 01977 663728

Grand Christmas Tree Lighting by SANTA CLAUS!
Santa Claus will be switching on the Christmas Tree lights at the George and Dragon pub in Whitley village on Wednesday 9th December between 5pm - 5.30pm. The local childrens school choir will be singing popular Christmas carols during this festive extravaganza. So don't be late! Everyone is welcome - Howard and Janet will be available offering a warm welcome to all. C U there...

Speeding in Whitley - Thursday 10th December 7pm
Selby Southern Community Engagement Forum (CEF) are holding a meeting to discuss the rtaffic issues in Whitley. If you have concerns about people speeding through our village PLEASE attend this meeting otherwise the issue will be shelved as not high priority. For more details of the meeting Click Here Alternatively there is an Issue Form that you can complete that gives you the opportunity to be heard Click Here for Issue Form

A19 Closure - Friday 27th November 2009
There are some works being carried out in Whitley, which means that some roads within the village will be temporarily closed to traffic. Please click the link below for more details...

Visit Temporary Road Closure Notice

Daffodil Field Consultation
Following the open day to show proposed plans for Daffodil Field held in All Saints church, a consultation report has been prepared. Attendance by families within the community was good, with lots of ideas and support. A summary of the day can be read in the report please click the link below...

Visit Consultation Report

*** NEW *** Selby Globe Community Cinema
There's a new gang in town located in the Town Hall on York Street in Selby. The Community Cinema is a new idea brining cinema into Selby, for more details visit the website using the link below...

Visit Selby Globe Community Cinema

Daffodil Field Meeting
For details about this important community meeting, please click the link below...

Visit Daffodil Meeting