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Mar 2022

Last Updated: 03/03/2022
Community
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Street party fees waived in North Yorkshire for Queen's jubilee

by John Plummer

| 03 Mar, 2022
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North Yorkshire County Council announced today it is waiving the standard £300 street closure fees for the four-day bank holiday weekend from June 2 to 5, which will celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.

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The Queen and Prince Philip and the Great Yorkshire Show in 2008.

People in the Harrogate district can apply for road closures free of charge for celebrations marking the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

The nation will mark the Jubilee with a four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday June 2 to Sunday June 5.

North Yorkshire County Council announced today it would waive standard £300 street closure fees for the long weekend. The will apply to residential streets.

County Councillor Don Mackenzie, executive member for highways and the Conservative representative for Harrogate Saltergate, said:

“To show our support we are waiving the normal administration fee and allowing residents to close their streets to through-traffic.
"This will create a safe open space for communities to come together for the anniversary to mark the Queen’s extraordinary 70-year reign. Please come forward and organise a street party in your community.”
"In order to close the road to traffic for a street party, the council must go through a legal process required by the Town Police Clauses Act 1847. This will incur costs in the region of £300."


County council leader Carl Les said:

“We recognise the significance of 2022 as the platinum jubilee year for Her Majesty the Queen and know how passionate our communities are to celebrate this special event.
“There will be a host of events taking place in North Yorkshire, which we will announce in due course and we have already pledged our support for the Queen’s green canopy tree-planting initiative.”


Anybody wishing to host a street party must apply before April 29, 2022. For more information click here.