£20m allocated for 10-year town regeneration plan

Almost £20m of government funding has been earmarked for the regeneration of a seaside town over the next decade, a council said.

North Yorkshire Council said £19.5m had been allocated to Scarborough as part of the government's Plan for Neighbourhoods scheme.

The authority said it had previously devised a "10-year vision document" following public consultation, which named improving the town centre and bus services as priorities.

Council leader Carl Les said: "The chance to use such a significant amount of funding in Scarborough will bring wide-ranging benefits not just for communities in the town, but also far wider across the region."

He added: "Scarborough is one of our biggest towns here in North Yorkshire, and there is real potential to bring a new era for what is among the country's most popular seaside destinations."

More public spaces and seating areas, as well as further development of the Scarborough Station area, were also named as potential projects in the earlier plan.

More public consultation would be carried out before a new plan was submitted by the winter of this year, the council said, with projects to be rolled out from spring 2026.

Liz Colling, chair of the Scarborough and Whitby area committee, said: "Scarborough is such a wonderful place to live, work and visit, but like so many coastal areas, it does need investment."

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