Unitary authority · England

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

North Yorkshire
Unitary authority · E06000065
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000065
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
York and North Yorkshire
Strategic transport, economic development, skills

Other bodies covering this area

York and North Yorkshire
Combined authority
  • Strategic transport
  • Economic development
  • Skills
North Yorkshire
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
133
Postcode sectors
81
Wards
7
Constituencies

22 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

81 wards recorded in this council area.

Aiskew & Leeming · Amotherby & Ampleforth · Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton · Barlby & Riccall · Bedale · Bentham & Ingleton · Bilton Grange & New Park · Boroughbridge & Claro · Castle · Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale · Cawood & Escrick · Cayton · Cliffe & North Duffield · Coppice Valley & Duchy · Danby & Mulgrave · Derwent Valley & Moor · Easingwold · Esk Valley & Coast · Fairfax & Starbeck · Falsgrave & Stepney · Filey · Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven · Great Ayton · Helmsley & Sinnington · High Harrogate & Kingsley · Hillside & Raskelf · Hipswell & Colburn · Huby & Tollerton · Hunmanby & Sherburn · Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley · Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate · Kirkbymoorside & Dales · Knaresborough East · Knaresborough West · Leyburn & Middleham · Malton · Masham & Fountains · Mid Craven · Monk Fryston & South Milford · Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske · North Richmondshire · Northallerton North & Brompton · Northallerton South · Northstead · Norton · Oatlands & Pannal · Osgoldcross · Ouseburn · Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale · Pickering · Richmond · Ripon Minster & Moorside · Ripon Ure Bank & Spa · Romanby · Scalby & the Coast · Seamer · Selby East · Selby West · Settle & Penyghent · Sherburn in Elmet · Sheriff Hutton & Derwent · Skipton East & South · Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby · Skipton West & West Craven · Sowerby & Topcliffe · Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith · Stokesley · Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone · Tadcaster · Thirsk · Thornton Dale & Wolds · Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton · Upper Dales · Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate · Washburn & Birstwith · Wathvale & Bishop Monkton · Weaponness & Ramshill · Wharfedale · Whitby Streonshalh · Whitby West · Woodlands

Postcode sectors

BD20 7 · BD20 8 · BD23 0 · BD23 1 · BD23 2 · BD23 3 · BD23 4 · BD23 5 · BD23 6 · BD23 9 · BD24 0 · BD24 9 · DL10 4 · DL10 5 · DL10 6 · DL10 7 · DL10 9 · DL11 6 · DL11 7 · DL6 1 · DL6 2 · DL6 3 · DL7 0 · DL7 7 · DL7 8 · DL7 9 · DL8 1 · DL8 2 · DL8 3 · DL8 4 · DL8 5 · DL8 9 · DL9 3 · DL9 4 · DN14 0 · HG1 1 · HG1 2 · HG1 3 · HG1 4 · HG1 5 · HG1 9 · HG2 0 · HG2 7 · HG2 8 · HG2 9 · HG3 1 · HG3 2 · HG3 3 · HG3 4 · HG3 5 · HG4 1 · HG4 2 · HG4 3 · HG4 4 · HG4 5 · HG4 9 · HG5 0 · HG5 5 · HG5 8 · HG5 9 · LA2 7 · LA6 3 · LS17 0 · LS21 2 · LS22 4 · LS24 0 · LS24 8 · LS24 9 · LS25 5 · LS25 6 · LS25 9 · TS13 5 · TS15 0 · TS9 5 · TS9 6 · TS9 7 · WF11 9 · YO11 1 · YO11 2 · YO11 3 · YO11 9 · YO12 4 · YO12 5 · YO12 6 · YO12 7 · YO13 0 · YO13 9 · YO14 0 · YO14 9 · YO17 1 · YO17 6 · YO17 7 · YO17 8 · YO17 9 · YO18 7 · YO18 8 · YO18 9 · YO19 6 · YO21 1 · YO21 2 · YO21 3 · YO21 9 · YO22 4 · YO22 5 · YO23 7 · YO26 7 · YO26 8 · YO26 9 · YO30 1 · YO30 2 · YO51 9 · YO60 6 · YO60 7 · YO61 1 · YO61 2 · YO61 3 · YO61 4 · YO62 4 · YO62 5 · YO62 6 · YO62 7 · YO7 1 · YO7 2 · YO7 3 · YO7 4 · YO7 9 · YO8 1 · YO8 3 · YO8 4 · YO8 5 · YO8 6 · YO8 8 · YO8 9

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000065.