Each year Haxby Town Council awards grants to local clubs and organisations and for community facilities in and around Haxby.

In order to be considered for a grant Clubs and Organisations are to complete an application form, which can be obtained from the Council Office or downloaded here, and submit it to the Council Office together with the following additional information:

          > State how Haxby residents would benefit.

          > Include a summary of accounts for the current financial year.

As funds for this purpose are limited all bids are considered on merit. To help the council budget for the forthcoming financial year requests are to be submitted annually to the Council Office by 31st October.  It should be noted that not all bids are successful.  Bids submitted after the annual precept has been set cannot be considered.

Further information on how to apply for a grant can be obtained by contacting to the Council Office for application guidelines.

The cemetery is in Moor Lane, and is available for the burial of residents of Haxby and Wigginton. It is administered by the Joint Burial Committee, comprising four councillors each from Haxby Town Council and Wigginton Parish Council. The Joint Burial Committee organises grass cutting, ground maintenance, rubbish clearance etc., and contributes to development costs as they arise. Charges from 1 April 2010 are as follows:

Purchase of a single grave space - £260.00

Interment - £170.00

Purchase of cremated remains space - £110.00

Interment of cremated remains - £90.00

Purchase of space for a child under 12 - £65.00

Interment of child under 12 - £65.00

Headstone - £75.00

Additional inscription on existing headstone - £40.00

Double interment fees apply for reserved graves for non-residents of Haxby and Wigginton at time of death. Please apply to the Council Office for further information, to reserve spaces, or to see the Rules relating to the cemetery.  

All roads and the majority of footpaths in and around Haxby are maintained by City of York Council. Please advise the Council Office of any problems and we will pass details directly on to the Highways Department at City of York Council.  Alternatively the Highways Department can be contacted directly on 551550.

The Town Council owns and maintains 8 bus shelters, 16 plant tubs and troughs, and 9 notice boards. We also maintain a number of areas and footpaths whose ownership is unclear, by arranging for grass to be cut and overgrown trees and bushes to be cut back as necessary.

Ethel Ward Playing Field is held in trust by Haxby Town Council, and is administered by the Playing Field Committee which consists of 2 Town Councillors and representatives of each user club.

There are 2 football pitches, 2 netball courts, a multigames wall and a children's play area. The sports pavilion incorporates changing facilities, and also houses a nursery school. The Council employs a groundsman, Geoff Aitken, who maintains the pitches, play area, and pavilion on a day to day basis.

The Village Green runs down the two sides of the main village street with a triangular grassed area at the western end. All hard standing areas used for car parking down both sides of the main village street that are behind the line of the hitching rails are part of the Village Green.

At Christmas every year, the Council illuminates a fir tree which stands on the Village Green.

The Wyre Pond forms part of the Village Green.

The Council also owns the open spaces at Ashwood Glade, Mancroft and Old Dykelands, and leases the open space behind Netherwindings. The grass on all these open spaces is cut regularly in the summer under the Council's grass cutting contract.

All planning applications within Haxby are forwarded by City of York Council for discussion by the Planning Committee at their monthly meeting. The Planning Committee can either support or object to such applications and their comments are forwarded to City of York Council for consideration as part of their decision making process. It should be noted that Haxby Town Council does not approve or refuse planning applications as this the sole responsibility of CYC.

All Planning Applications can be viewed at the Council Office or online via the link to City of York Planning website.

Current Planning Applications will be reviewed at the next planning committee meeting. This list is regularly updated as new applications are received, until the agenda for the next meeting is published on the Wednesday before the meeting.