Adopted Local Plan
The adopted Local Plan forms part of the city’s statutory development plan, sets out the vision and strategy for York until 2033 and provides the basis for decisions on planning applications. It also formally establishes the detailed Green Belt boundary.
Supplementary Planning Documents
Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) provide more detailed advice or guidance on the policies in the Local Plan and will be used to determine planning applications; they should be read in conjunction with Local Plan policies.
Neighbourhood Plans
Government rules give local communities powers to create their own plans and policies; adopted Neighbourhood Plans form part of the Development Plan for York and are a material consideration in planning decisions.
Community Infrastructure Levy
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) helps us deliver infrastructure to support the development of our area, it's charged on eligible applications and calculated against the size and type of development that will be created.
Joint Minerals and Waste Local Plan
Our Joint Minerals and Waste Local Plan will helps us, together with North Yorkshire Council (NYC) and the North York Moors National Park, to make decisions on planning applications for minerals and waste development until December 2030.
Local Development Scheme
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out a timetable for plan-making activity and the production of new or revised Development Plan Documents, such as the Local Plan.
Monitoring planning policies
We have a duty to monitor progress of our planning policies to check whether they are effective and achieving their aims, as well as to understand wider social, environmental and economic issues affecting the key drivers of spatial change.
Brownfield Land Register
We maintain a register of previously developed 'brownfield' land in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations. You can also access information on York's Brownfield Register via our map.
Local Plan evidence base documents
As part of the examination process towards adopting our Local Plan and our CIL Charging Schedule, updated Evidence Base documents represent the current position (superseding previous documents).