We monitor development plans to:
- track changes and trends which may develop over time
- check whether policies and plans are effective and achieving their aims
- understand wider social, environmental and economic issues affecting the key drivers of spatial change
We have a requirement to:
- feed into national and regional monitoring
- to monitor our progress towards the Council Plan objectives
- report to the public on local planning issues
5-Year Housing Land Supply
Paragraph 78 of the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) requires that we demonstrate annually a sufficient supply of housing sites that we expect to be developed within the next 5 years, to show that we can meet our housing requirement. Policy SS1 of the City of York Local Plan 2025 sets the housing requirement for the City.
Further detail is provided in the latest 5-Year Housing Land Supply and Local Plan Housing Trajectory, published in July 2026.
Authority monitoring reports
As a 'local planning authority', we must publish an authority monitoring report at least annually to provide information relating to our development plan as set out in section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. We can decide what to include in our monitoring reports but must ensure they are prepared in accordance with the relevant legislation. The findings of the annual reports will help us understand what is happening in York and feed directly into any policy review that may be required.
Monitoring is crucial to the successful delivery of our current and future development plan.
Housing Monitoring Updates
We're publishing Housing Monitoring Updates as part of our authority monitoring reporting process.
View the latest Housing Monitoring Update for June 2025 and our half yearly Housing Monitoring Update at October 2024.
We have also published housing monitoring statistical data for the first half of the 2025 to 2026 monitoring year (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026).
This data will be incorporated into a more comprehensive monitoring report shortly.
View our latest Housing Monitoring Updates, and those published in previous years.
Contact our Strategic Planning Policy Team if you'd like further information on these reports.
Environment Assessment Monitoring reports
All authority monitoring reports must comply with UK and EU Legislation set out in Directive 2001/42/EC known as the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (the SEA Directive) which requires the monitoring of some areas of Local and National Government policy.
These requirements are implemented through the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Sustainability Appraisal (SA) carried out for each development plan document completed. Future Local Plan monitoring reports will fulfil our environmental monitoring requirements.
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