Harrogate local plan evidence base

The following documents form part of the evidence base to support the policies in our current and emerging Local Plan documents.

The documents are arranged under the emerging Local Plan chapter headings they relate to, for example, Local Green Space reports can be found under Natural Environment.

Information on the Sustainability Appraisal and Habitat Regulations Assessment can be found on the Sustainability Appraisal and Habitat Regulations Assessment page.

Consultation statements and key issues

•  2017 November Draft Local Plan Statement of Consultation and Key Issues (pdf / 8 MB)
•  2016 October Issues and Options consultation statement (pdf / 7 MB)

Growth strategy and housing

•  2018 January Duty to Co-operate paper (pdf / 974 KB)
•  2018 January Housing background paper (pdf / 868 KB)
•  2018 August Gypsy and Traveller background paper (pdf / 4 MB)
•  2018 August Housing background paper (pdf / 874 KB)
•  2018 August Green Belt background paper (pdf / 1 MB)
•  2018 August Settlement Hierarchy background paper (pdf / 801 KB)
•  2018 August Wind background paper (pdf / 4 MB)
•  2018 Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) GL Hearn, July 2017 (pdf / 6 MB)
•  2017 November New Settlement background paper (pdf / 2 MB)
•  2017 July New Settlement report (pdf / 5 MB)
•  2017 November Gypsy and Traveller background paper part 1 (pdf / 1 MB) and  2017 November Gypsy and Traveller background paper part 2 (pdf / 2 MB)
•  2017 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) Opinions Research, June 2017 (pdf / 2 MB)
•  2017 July Gypsy and Traveller site assessments (pdf / 11 MB)
•  2016 October Settlement hierarchy background paper (pdf / 1 MB)
•  2016 October Housing background paper (pdf / 2 MB)
•  2016 October Green Belt background paper (pdf / 2 MB)
•  2016 January Windfall Allowance paper (pdf / 832 KB)
• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA)
•  Harrogate Borough Council Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA): Update Report Justin Gardner and GL Hearn, June 2016 (pdf / 1 MB)
•  Harrogate Borough Council Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA): Final Report Justin Gardner and GL Hearn, September 2015 (pdf / 4 MB)
•  Harrogate Borough Council Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA): Interim Report Justin Gardner and GL Hearn, February 2015 (pdf / 12 MB)
•  Affordable Housing Viability, Brief Review and Appraisal Summaries Dixon Searle LLP, 2014 (pdf / 1023 KB)
•  Gypsy and Traveller Housing Needs Survey Opinions Research, 2013 (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Affordable Housing Economic Viability Assessment Adams Integra, 2010 (pdf / 12 MB)
•  On 28 October 2010 the council ran a landowners workshop to discuss the emerging Rural Exception Sites policy. Rural Exception Sites: A New Approach to Delivery (pdf / 3 MB)

Built and Natural Environment site assessments

•  2017 Built and Natural Environment site assessments (pdf / 3 MB) - new sites
•  Site assessment volume 1 - Harrogate (pdf / 3 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 2 - Knaresborough (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 3 - Ripon (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 4 - Boroughbridge, Masham and Pateley Bridge (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 5 - Arkendale to Burton Leonard (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 6 - Cattal to Dunkeswick (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 7 - Farnham to Follifoot (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 8 - Glasshouses to Huby (pdf / 1 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 9 - Ingerthorpe to Kirkby Malzeard (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 10 - Lingerfield to Minskip (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 11 - Nidd to Rainton (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 12 - Sawley to Summerbridge (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 13 - Tockwith to Wormald Green (pdf / 2 MB)
•  Site assessment volume 14 - open countryside, Otley and Wetherby (pdf / 2 MB)

Economy

•  2018 August Retail Background Paper, Peter Brett Associates (pdf / 182 KB)
•  2018 January Economic Background Paper (pdf / 653 KB)
•  New Settlement Employment Mix Report, October 2017 (pdf / 213 KB)
•  2017 Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) GL Hearn, June 2017 (pdf / 6 MB)
•  Employment Land Review Atkins, 2015 (pdf / 9 MB)
• Harrogate Town Centre Strategy and Masterplan
•  Retail Study update Peter Brett, 2016 (pdf / 827 KB)
•  Retail Study Peter Brett, 2014 (pdf / 3 MB)
•  Local Retail Impact Thresholds Advisory Note Peter Brett, 2014 (pdf / 523 KB)
•  Harrogate District Visitor Accommodation Study 2015 (pdf / 1 MB)

Transport and Infrastructure

•  2018 January Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (pdf / 982 KB)
•  2018 January Option 3 Traffic Modelling Update, Jacobs (pdf / 3 MB)
•  2018 August Transport Background Paper (pdf / 3 MB)
•  2018 August Infrastructure Delivery Plan (pdf / 791 KB)
•  A1M Junction 47 Study Stage 1 (pdf / 542 KB)
•  A1M Junction 47 Study Stage 2 (pdf / 527 KB)
•  A1M Junction 47 Study Stage 3 (pdf / 863 KB)
•  A1M Junction 47 Study Stage 3 update (pdf / 852 KB)
•  A1M Junction 47 Study Stage 4 (pdf / 365 KB)
•  2016 October Harrogate district transport model (pdf / 11 MB)
•  2015 December Harrogate district transport model (pdf / 10 MB)
• 2016 October Infrastructure capacity study  phase 2 (pdf / 1 MB),  phase 3 (pdf / 958 KB) and  schedule and funding profile (xlsx / 48 KB)
•  2016 October Whole plan viability study (pdf / 8 MB)
•  Infrastructure Capacity Study: Baseline Report Fore DTZ, O'Neill Associates, 2015 (pdf / 1 MB)
•  Infrastructure Delivery Plan, 2013 (pdf / 719 KB)
• Community Infrastructure Levy
• Green Infrastructure Supplementary Planning document
•  Leeds City Region Green Infrastructure Strategy Leeds City Region, 2010 (pdf / 10 MB)
•  Strategic Traffic Assessment: Harrogate and Knaresborough - Draft Site Allocations Jacobs, November 2013 (pdf / 4 MB)
•  The Leeds, Harrogate, York Railway: a faster, smarter choice WSP, October 2013 (pdf / 6 MB)
•  Leeds, Harrogate, York Rail Line Improvements: Outline Business Case WSP, October 2013 (pdf / 4 MB)
•  Manse Farm Rail Study Ove Arup, 2013 (pdf / 879 KB)
•  Cycling Implementation Plan and accompanying (pdf / 1 MB)
•  Cycling Implementation Map 2013 (pdf / 4 MB)
• North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan 2011-2016 North Yorkshire County Council
•  Land at Station Parade Harrogate Development Brief 2005 (pdf / 504 KB)

Climate change

•  2018 January Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) addendum (pdf / 1 MB)
•  2018 January Flood Risk Sequential Test Update (pdf / 828 KB)
•  2016 October Flood Risk Sequential Test (pdf / 1 MB)
•  2016 October Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) (pdf / 2 MB)
  • 2016 October Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) appendices.
    
    SFRA maps from the website are currently unable to display flood risk information. Please use the downloads to identify the map(s) you require and email PlanPolicy.har@northyorks.gov.uk to request.
    
     Appendix A overview (pdf / 7 MB) -  Index map 1 (pdf / 4 MB),  Index map 2 (pdf / 2 MB),  Index map 3 (pdf / 4 MB) and  Index map 4 (pdf / 3 MB)
    
     

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     Appendix B site assessment (pdf / 285 KB)
    
     Appendix C note to file (pdf / 47 KB)
    
     Appendix D supporting drainage information chart (pdf / 71 KB)

•  Harrogate District Planning and Climate Change Study AECOM, 2011 (pdf / 9 MB)
•  Draft Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Supplementary Planning document accompanying Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment (pdf / 3 MB)

Heritage and placemaking

• Conservation Area Appraisals
• Heritage Management Guidance Supplementary Planning document
•  Sports Provision: An Assessment for Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon 2013 (pdf / 3 MB)
•  Outdoor Sports Strategy: Final Report Neil Allen Associates, 2013 (pdf / 5 MB)
•  Outdoor Sports Strategy: Executive Summary Neil Allen Associates, 2013 (pdf / 709 KB)
•  Sport, Recreation, Open Space and Village Halls Study: Part 1 - Standards Assessment 2011 (pdf / 5 MB) and  Part 2 - Outdoor Sports Facilities in Harrogate. Knaresborough and Ripon 2011 (pdf / 3 MB)
•  Built Facilities Strategy: Strategic Leisure, 2019 (pdf / 4 MB)

Natural environment

•  2017 November Local Green Space Assessments Update Report Part 1 (pdf / 7 MB) and  2017 November Local Green Space Assessments Update Report Part 2 (pdf / 8 MB)
•  2016 October Local Green Space Assessment (pdf / 5 MB)
•  2016 October Review of local landscape designations (pdf / 15 MB)
• Landscape Character Assessment 2004
•  Review of Local Landscape Designations: Green Wedges, 2011 (pdf / 3 MB)
• Biodiversity Action Plan 2012

Delivery and monitoring

• Annual Monitoring Report
• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA)