Our Pledge:
Together we aim to work successfully to deliver inclusive growth within the City of York Council area through the planning process.
York’s civic and business leadership have a shared duty to deliver growth for the city’s inhabitants.
To make the city more prosperous, equal, and attractive, there is a need to deliver the infrastructure that will enable this process.
As well as the requirement to build thousands of new houses, there is a broader need for increased development to meet the council’s agenda for economic growth. All of this can be achieved whilst retaining the focus on building strong and vibrant communities with the emphasis on good place making and high quality homes.
This sustainable growth can only happen if the right development comes forward in the right place at the right time. It will only be successful if there is collaboration between the council, local communities, and developers to secure that growth.
This Planning Protocol therefore is the result of a joint venture between City of York Council and the York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and sets a commitment to working together to deliver a smooth and efficient process.
It builds on the existing good practices of engaging with communities and front-loading the planning process and aims to provide a more proactive approach in delivering the good growth needed in York, helping to create jobs and attract investment.
City of York Council’s Planning Protocol was agreed for implementation on 4 December 2024 at the Executive Member for Housing, Planning and Safer Communities Decision Session.
The Protocol was devised after engagement with City of York Council Chief Planner, the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Member for Housing, Planning and Safer Communities to form a positive and proactive joint approach to enable the planning system in York to work as effectively as possible.
The Protocol was devised and formulated in a collaborative way and aims to ‘work successfully together to deliver inclusive growth within the City of York Council area through the planning process.’ The Protocol is intended to build on existing good practices of engaging with communities and front loading the Planning process. It aims to provide a more proactive approach in delivering good growth and help to create jobs and attract good investment.
There are 3 principal sections within the Protocol which are:
Monitoring
This Protocol sets out a shared approach to development by the Chamber of Commerce and City of York Council and we will review on a regular basis the implementation and effectiveness of the Protocol and share best practice that emerges from such reviews.
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