City of York Council adopted the City of York Local Plan at Full Council on 27 February 2025.
Viewing the adopted local plan and accompanying documents
The following documents are available to download and hard copies are made available for viewing by appointment at the council’s West Offices (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm).
Please note, this is the interim print version of the Local Plan; a final published version which will be uploaded in due course.
- City of York Local Plan
- Policies Map
- Adoption Statement
- Sustainability appraisal adoption statement
- Sustainability appraisal reports and habitats regulations assessments
Printed copies of the local plan can be purchased at cost of £20. Policies Maps are currently undergoing quality assurance and will be made available in due course.
Background
The council has a statutory duty to produce a Local Plan. We developed a new Local Plan in line with the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
The Local Plan was subject to an independent examination carried out by Inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State. The Inspectors’ report issued to the council on 14 February 2025 confirms that, subject to the main modifications recommended, the Local Plan is sound and legally compliant. The adopted Local Plan incorporates these main modifications, along with additional minor modifications made by the council.
Find out more about:
- developing the New Local Plan to submission - including stages of document preparation, correspondence with government and links to relevant meetings (2012 to 2018)
- Local Plan Submission (2018)
- Local Plan Examination (2018 to 2025)
- Local Plan Inspectors Report (February 2025)
- Officer decision to publish the Local Plan and to publish the Policies Map
Following instruction from our Inspectors, we held the following consultations during the Examination of the Local Plan:
- New Local Plan proposed modifications consultation from 10 June to 22 July 2019
- New Local Plan Proposed Modifications and Evidence Base Consultation from 25 May to 7 July 2021
- Local Plan Proposed Main Modifications Consultation from 13 February to 27 March 2023
- Local Plan Proposed Main Modifications Consultation for Policy H5 from 18 July to 3 September 2024
City of York Policies Map
View the interactive online map
You can:
- use the option button in the top right hand corner to turn on the Key, and switch layers on or off.
- zoom in and out to get a closer look of the area you're interested in
- click-and-drag or use the arrow keys to move the move around.
- search an address or place at the top left of the screen, and there is a button to zoom to your current location.
The different sites are colour-coded depending on the policy type. Clicking a site on the map will display a pop-up box with more information on it, and a link to view that section of the document. Some sites have more than one layer there, you can use the left and right buttons in the pop-up box to go between them.
An aerial photography overlay is also available as an option, from the Basemap Gallery in the top left.