Welcome
Welcome to Terrington Parish Council website. The next Council meeting will be on Monday 10th March 2025 at 7:00pm in the Village Hall. All parishioners are welcome to attend all meetings.
Submitted Development Sites in Terrington Parish
The map below shows the five sites that have been submitted through the North Yorkshire Local Plan Call for Sites in Terrington Parish.
All sites submitted up to December 2024 are shown and further submissions, if any, will be added on a six-monthly basis.
Important: No assessment work has been completed at this stage. NYC are not consulting on these sites or accepting comments. Full consultation will take place when further work has been completed, and NYC is able to say which sites are likely to be recommended for allocation or dismissed.
The submission of a site for consideration does not necessarily mean that the site will be taken forward.
Site 0001
Location: Land to east of Mayfield Cottage, Terrington
Submitted use: Residential
Site area (Ha): 0.76
Site 0002
Location: Land off North Back Lane, Terrington
Submitted use: Residential, open space
Site area (Ha): 1.19
Site 0003
Location: Ganthorpe Farm, Ganthorpe
Submitted use: Residential, open space
Site area (Ha): 5.39
Site 0004
Location: Land off South Back Lane East, Terrington
Submitted use: Residential
Site area (Ha): 0.48
Site 0005
Location: Land to the east of Mowthorpe Lane, Terrington
Submitted use: TBC
Site area (Ha): 0.02
THE PARISH COUNCIL WILL ARRANGE A PUBLIC MEETING DISCUSSION WHEN THE CHOSEN SITES ARE ANOUNCED.
Cllr Bill Winning (Chairman Terrington Parish Council) - February 2025
See also Call for sites for the North Yorkshire Local Plan.
Terrington Parish Neighbourhood Plan
Thank you to all who submitted responses to the Draft Neighbourhood Plan. A final version of the Plan is currently in preparation for consideration at the next Parish Council meeting. See the Neighbourhood Plan page for more information.
Dark Skies Friendly Kite Mark

The Howardian Hills is offering us the opportunity to be recognised as one its Dark Skies Friendly communities. The Parish Council has discussed the invitation already and Councillors are generally in favour of proceeding. They welcome the views of the wider community so please let your Parish Councillors know what you think.
As a first step, an audit of current lighting around the village has been conducted and overall we comply with the criteria though advice is available on any steps people can take to make improvements to their outside lighting. Any changes would be purely voluntary and could result in energy savings for households and businesses.
For useful information on why dark skies are important, what we can do to protect them and what you can do to improve external lighting see the Howardian Hills Dark Skies leaflet.
Issues from previous meetings
- Parking on the footpath on Church Lane This forces pedestrians to walk on the road where they are in danger from vehicles turning into Church Lane from Main Street. The Council is atttempting to prevent parking on the footpath, so far with no effect.
- Road markings and signage There has been no progress on painting the road markings on the centre of the road at the rise near Little Terrington, nor on signs on Mowthorpe Lane and Cliff Hill.
- Cemetery improvement work Necessary work on the stone boundary walls has been identified and trees need attention. An assessment is being carried out and quotations for the work are being obtained.
- Swift boxes The Council wrote to the planning authority in May 2021 to request it to use its powers to encourage/require developers and planning applicants to include swift and/or other bird boxes/bricks in their developments. No response has been received.
Times of shop, post van, surgery
Terrington Shop opening times
Monday‑Friday 6.30am‑6.00pm Saturday 6.30am‑5.00pm Sunday 8.00am‑4.00pm
You can order over the phone on 01653 648848.
Post Office van in Terrington
Mon 08:30am‑10:00am Tues 1:15pm‑2:15pm Wed 11:00am‑12:00 noon Thur 11:45am‑12:45pm Fri 12:15pm‑1:15pm
Terrington Surgery Times
Mon 8:30am‑6:00pm Tues 8:30am‑1:00pm Wed 8:30am‑6:00pm Thur 8:30am‑12:00 noon Fri 8:30am‑6:00pm
Links to other web sites of interest
The links below open the web pages in a new tab.
- Terrington Archive - has maps and walks together with a range of other information about the parish
- Terrington Village Hall
- Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- North York Moors National Park