Core Strategy Preferred Options 

Copies of the main Core Strategy Preferred Options document are available to download from the right hand side of this page. 

The Core Strategy Preferred Options document was produced in 2009. The official consultation took place between June and August 2009, but was extended until October 2009 to take account of the summer holiday period. There were a number of ways that people could get involved in the consultation:

• Questionnaire leaflet posted to every home in York
• online survey.
• Full set of documents available in libraries, 9 St Leonard's Place and Guildhall receptions
• Focus groups, meetings and exhibitions at key locations throughout York

Also available to download to support the Core Strategy Preferred Options are:

The Core Strategy is the principal document in the Local Development Framework (LDF). It will set out the overall strategy of the LDF and the key strategic policies against which all development will be assessed. All other Development Plan Documents (DPDs) prepared by the council will have to conform with the Core Strategy and contain policies and proposals which support it's strategic vision, objectives and spatial strategy.

The preferred options document will draw on the responses made to the Issues and Options stages (see below) as well as updated Government advice and local evidence base documents. It sets out a clear Vision and Spatial Strategy as well as broad strategic objectives, targets and policies about York's key issues.

Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 (September 2007)

Government guidance in PPS12 describes the Issues and Options stage of DPD preparation as a period of ongoing consultation with stakeholders and the local community.  Since the consultation on an Issues and Options paper last summer (see below) significant new evidence base work has been produced. Therefore, the council has carried out a second round of consultation on new issues and further options specifically relating to the Core Strategy. Consultation on this document closed on the 31st October 2007

This Issues and Options 2 document and supporting Initial Sustainability Report can be downloaded below.

• 2007 Core Strategy Issues and Options 2
• 2007 Core Strategy Issues and Options 2 Initial Sustainability Report
• 2007 Core Strategy Issues and Options Consultation Statement

Consultation on the LDF was run in conjunction with consultation on a new Sustainable Community Strategy, as the 'Festival of Ideas 2'.  It is now three years since the Without Walls Community Plan was produced and it needs to be updated to take into account significant changes and new issues that have arisen since then. 

Core Strategy – issues and options (June 2006)

The Issues and Options document for the Core Strategy was produced in 2006, with consultation taking place between 5 June and 21 July 2006. The consultation is now closed but the Issues and Options document, Executive Summary, Leaflet and accompanying initial Sustainability Statement along with a document summarising the comments made during this stage of consultation can be downloaded below:

• 2006 Core Strategy Issues and Options
• 2006 Core Strategy Issues and Options Executive Summary
• 2006 Summary Leaflet
• 2006 Core Strategy Issues and Options Sustainability Statement

Maps

The maps that accompany the Issues and Options document are available to download below, in colour and black and white.

Colour maps:

All these maps are PDFs and are very large.  They will take a long time to download if you are connected to the internet using a modem.

• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - North East - Colour (1 page, 4.32mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - South East - Colour (1 page, 3.32mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - South West - Colour (1 page, 4.27mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - North West - Colour (1 page, 5.62mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - North East - Colour (1 page, 4.71mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - South East - Colour (1 page, 4.40mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - South West - Colour (1 page, 7.27mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - North West - Colour (1 page, 5.30mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - North East - Colour (1 page, 4.35mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - South East - Colour (1 page, 3.78mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - South West - Colour (1 page, 5.00mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - North West - Colour (1 page, 5.14mb)

Black and white maps:

• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - North East - Black and white (1 page, 3.67mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - South East - Black and white (1 page, 3.15mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - South West - Black and white (1 page, 5.16mb)
• Map 2 - Historical Character and Setting of York - North West - Black and white (1 page, 4.75mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - North East - Black and white (1 page, 5.36mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - South East - Black and white (1 page, 5.69mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - South West - Black and white (1 page, 5.16mb)
• Map 3 - Environment Agency Flood Risk Zones - North West - Black and white (1 page, 7.31mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - North East - Black and white (1 page, 4.28mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - South East - Black and white (1 page, 4.28mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - South West - Black and white (1 page, 6.67mb)
• Map 4 - Designated Sites for Nature Conservation in the City of York - North West - Black and white (1 page, 6.43mb)