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2 Economic and Political Context
2.1 This section sets the Project in its economic and political context, demonstrating that it is uniquely (both in scale and nature) aligned with the government aspirations for the North of England, and as a means of challenging entrenched issues facing these communities.
Scope and scale
2.2 The project spans complex geographic boundaries. At the regional level, the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber Regions. At the Combined Authority level, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Tees Valley Combined Authority. 2.3 Scarborough is no longer a Borough Council, since becoming part of the single unitary authority of North Yorkshire Council in 2023, but the geographic area of Scarborough Borough is still relevant for local statistics and as a community – and is therefore still referred to.
Table 2:1 Woodsmith Project Geographies
Geographic level
Relevant boundary
Regional
North East and Yorkshire and the Humber
North York Moors National Park (NYMNP)
North York Moors National Park
Commuting Zones
Within 1 hour and 1.5 hours of the Project sites
Middlesbrough and Stockton TTWA, Whitby TTWA, Scarborough TTWA, Malton TTWA York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) and Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) Scarborough 10 , Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC)
Travel to Work Area (TTWA)
Combined Authorities
Local Communities
10 Scarborough Borough Council has been used in this report for legacy datasets for comparison purposes. For administrative purposes it now forms part of North Yorkshire Council and the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
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