The preparation of a new local plan will help to ensure that we have a development plan for the whole district, in line with current national planning guidance which properly reflects its economic strategy and corporate priorities.
Selby local plan - update 14 January
The council’s Development Plans Committee (DPC) and Selby and Ainsty Area Committee will be considering a report on the future of the Selby local plan on 17 January 2025. These committees are invited to provide policy input for consideration by Executive and Council.
View the reports on our Browse meetings page
In summary, the report sets out the current position in relation to the preparation of the Selby local plan, taking into account matters including feedback from the additional public consultation held between March and April 2024, implications of the recently published National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024 NPPF), changes to legislation and updated instructions from government to the Planning Inspectorate relating to the consideration of submitted local plans.
Due to the reasons explained in section 4 of the report, the council is not in a position to submit the Selby local plan to the Secretary of State for examination without further significant evidence base work and public consultation.
The report sets out the most up to date context for the Selby local plan and seeks views on the recommendation to stop work on the plan and, where possible, to use the evidence base and work undertaken to date to feed into the new local plan for North Yorkshire.
A report on the future of the Selby local plan will be going to Executive on the 4 February and Council on the 26 February for a key decision.
Timescales for preparation of the local plan
The local development scheme sets out the timescales for the preparation of the local plan.
The local plan sets a framework for future development in the former Selby district area up to 2040. We will use it to guide decisions on planning applications and to support work with developers.
The decision to proceed with the Selby local plan for the former Selby district area was approved by North Yorkshire Council on 23 February 2023 and 21 February 2024.
A key driver for the progression of the Selby local plan is to ensure a continued supply of housing sites. Until the new North Yorkshire Local Plan is adopted for North Yorkshire, housing supply calculations and the housing delivery test will continue to be assessed on a former district boundary basis.
Continuing with the Selby local plan will ensure that the council continues to take positive steps to manage housing delivery within the Selby area and will retain a plan-led approach. Having an up-to-date Selby local plan in place will give certainty for the community, landowners, developers and service and infrastructure providers on the amount of land needed to provide new developments and where this will take place.
Therefore, given the advanced stage that the Selby local plan had reached, the council decided to make a revised publication version for consultation reflecting the latest evidence and guidance, including updates to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF 2023) and which addresses issues raised through the previous consultation, including revisions to policies and site allocations.
Interactive map
The interactive map shows the proposals for the emerging local plan at its most recent stage (pre-submission revised publication local plan). For information on how to navigate and use our interactive map please see our how to guide (docx / 129 KB).
New local plan consultation stages
Pre-submission revised publication Selby local plan - consultation closed
We held a six-week consultation on the proposed revised submission documents relating to the Selby Local Plan, from 8 March to 19 April 2024.
The comments received during the consultation are available to view on our consultation portal here.
We are still working through the responses to the local plan consultation and at the same time considering the changes proposed in the government’s National Planning Policy Framework consultation document and what this may mean for the Selby Local Plan. As soon as we have an updated timetable, it will be made available here.
Publication local plan Autumn 2022 - consultation closed.
We held a nine-week consultation on the proposed submission documents relating to the Selby district local plan, from Friday 26 August to 5pm on Friday 28 October 2022.
Evidence base documents - consultation closed.
We held a six-week consultation from 3 September to 15 October 2021 on the following evidence base documents to support the Selby district local plan:
- green belt review (2021)
- greenspace audit (2021)
- local plan and CIL viability report (2021)
- indoor and outdoor sports facilities assessment (2021)
Additional sites - consultation closed.
We held a six-week consultation from Monday 2 August until 5pm on 13 September 2021 on the additional sites document. The consultation is now closed, we will now consider responses to the plan and more information will be given in due course.
All documents can be viewed on our consultation portal.
Preferred options - consultation closed.
We held a six-week consultation between 29 January and 12 March 2021 for the preferred options local plan 2021, the consultation is now closed. We will now consider responses to the plan and more information will be given in due course.
Issues and options - consultation closed.
We held a six-week consultation from 24 January to 6 March 2020 on the local plan issues and options document.
The comments received during the consultation - along with our responses, are available to view on our consultation portal.