Harrogate planning policy

The new settlement development plan document for Maltkiln which sets out an ambitious thirty-year vision and policy framework to guide how it is designed and developed has been submitted for Examination to the Planning Inspectorate.

The Harrogate district local plan 2014-2035 sets out the spatial vision and development strategy for the Harrogate district.

We produce planning guidance to help applicants make successful applications for planning permission.

Applications for planning permission are determined in line with the statutory development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires all local authorities to ensure a five year supply of deliverable land for new homes against their housing requirement.

We would love to hear your feedback on emerging planning policy and guidance.

The strategic housing and economic land availability assessment (SHELAA) is a technical study produced to identify a future supply of land which is available, suitable and achievable for housing or economic development.

The local development scheme (LDS) identifies the planning policy documents we are preparing and intend to adopt as part of the statutory development plan.

Neighbourhood planning provisions within the Localism Act 2011 enable local communities to prepare neighbourhood plans and neighbourhood development orders.

Authority monitoring reports (AMRs) monitor the production and delivery of the council's planning strategies.

The evidence page provides useful facts and information to help with the development of planning policy.

Our statement of community involvement (SCI) sets out how we involve communities and other stakeholders when we prepare planning policy and guidance documents, and when we consider planning applications.

A sustainability appraisal (SA) is a process that must be carried out at each stage of preparing a local plan.

We produce a number of local planning and design guidance documents to help applicants and developers use various policies in the current local plan.

The planning service is responsible for preparing policies to guide development, determining planning applications and seeking to put things right when planning rules are broken.

The infrastructure funding statement (IFS) provides information on developer contributions, which are used to provide infrastructure to support development and mitigate its impacts.