Website and telephone payments Sunday 19 May
Our website and telephone payment systems are unavailable between 9am and 2pm on Sunday 19 May. You will not be able to pay for any council services on our website or over the phone during this time.
Skipton High Street Heritage Action Zone is part of the £95 million High Streets Heritage Action Zone initiative, currently working across more than 60 English high streets.
The High Streets Heritage Action Zone initiative is funded by the:
The project is being delivered by Historic England working in partnership with North Yorkshire Council.
Skipton have been awarded £1,561,433 to deliver their main scheme and a further £95,360 to deliver a cultural programme alongside the main scheme.
One of the major aims of the programme is to help people feel proud of where they live. The Skipton High Street Heritage Action Zone has several specific objectives:
We need younger people to start to use the town again in order to change the appearance of the area and also to drive the demand and supply of products.
The increasing number of large redundant heritage risks causing blight on the High Street. We aim to bring these back into use to support the attraction of younger people to live, work and visit the town centre.
Using the historic fabric of the town, more public spaces will allow younger people to develop the cultural offer that is of interest to them and help change the role of the town centre.
By emphasising the heritage aspects of the ginnels, people will be encouraged to explore different parts of the town centre and dwell for longer.
Increase the amount of space that young creatives can use to produce or display their products which will help change the look and feel of the town centre.
Increase the ease and attractiveness for people to walk and cycle around Skipton town centre using the built heritage for interest so increasing the footfall and dwell time.
Contact us for more information about the Skipton High Street Heritage Action Zone project.