Richmondshire District Council exists to serve the needs of our local residents and those working in or visiting our area.
Our vision is for Richmondshire to be a place where people will want to live, work and visit; where people enjoy a high quality of life and environment, feel safe, healthy and prosperous and have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
The Council offices are located
in Richmond, with Swale House being the headquarters and housing
the Council Chamber.
Other offices are Frenchgate House, Springwell House and Friars Wynd, although these are not open to the public without prior appointment.
Our services are delivered through our Community Offices at Richmond, Colburn, Leyburn, Reeth, Upper Wensleydale. For further information on our Community Offices follow this link 'Community Office'.
Councillors
There are 34 ward members who are District Councillors for Richmondshire, many serving on a variety of Committees, and representing the views of residents.
Council Structure
The Council employs around 330 people and is structured into 4 Service Groups, reporting to the Executive Core, which comprises a Chief Executive and two Executive Directors.
Under a system of delegation, each Service Group is managed by
an Assistant Director responsible for delivering the services under
their control.
Pages in this section
- About your council
- Richmondshire District Council, it's constitution and political structure
- Access to information
- Information on Freedom of Information (FOI)and Data Protection, together with the Council Publication Scheme
- Business
- Advice for businesses including property enquiries and sources of funding. Link to Business Directory, Business Support, event,
- Community offices
- Information about our Local Community Offices, including contact details, opening times and list of services offered
- Contacts, consultation and feedback
- This section outlines the various ways you can get involved with Richmondshire District Council. Finding out what you think about your District, the Council and our services is very important to us.
- Corporate Feedback Procedure
- Richmondshire District Council aims to provide the best possible services to meet the needs of all local people. When this does not happen, the Feeedback Procedure aims to make sure we 'put things right' in a timely way and continually improve our services
- Council performance
- Contains information on Comprehensive Performance Assessment, Best Value and Overview and Scrutiny.
- Council service structure
- The Council employs around 330 people and is structured into four Services, reporting to the Executive Core, which comprises a Chief Executive and two Executive Directors.
- Economic development
- Information on Economic Development within Richmondshire
- Emergency planning
- North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) offers the Community a range of services, information and advice concerning accidents and emergencies. In this section you will find links to that information and access to useful resources on emergency prevention and action.
- Equality and diversity
- Promoting equality of opportunity and celebrating the diversity of Richmondshire is one of the Council's core values, helping us to achieve our vision of making Richmondshire a place where everyone has 'the opportunity to reach their full potential '.
- Finance
- Information pages on Council Finance, Financial Management, Accountancy Services, Procurement, Capital Programme and What is the money spent on and where does it come from
- Key council strategies and plans
- Key corporate strategies and plans which the Council uses to manage its finances, its staff and other resources so that it can deliver its ambitions and objectives set out in the Community Strategy and the Council Plan.
- Over 50s Website
- Welcome page for a site providing links to trusted organisations for information relevant to the Over 50s for the Health, Leisure, Work, Financial, Transport and Housing matters.
- Young people
- Useful information for young people
- Website help
- Pages within this section detail how the Website can be used and the range of accesibility features which have been incorporated to improve the user experience for all users.
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Last updated:
05 February 2009
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