We are starting an Issues and Options Consultation. This consultation will run from Monday 19 May until midnight on Tuesday 15 July 2025.
We are asking for your views on the priorities and issues the North Yorkshire Local Plan should address, the future of places and spaces in the area, and how the new plan can influence that. We want to hear from you.
Visit our consultation portal to have your say
Call for sites open
Land owners, site promoters, developers or other interested parties can put sites forward for consideration as part of the plan. We encourage sites to be submitted as soon as possible.
Submit a site or find out more about this stage of the process on our North Yorkshire Local Plan call for sites page.
The new North Yorkshire Local Plan will guide future development and conservation in the area until 2045. This plan covers North Yorkshire, excluding the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, and outlines our priorities for land use and development.
Following the creation of North Yorkshire Council in April 2023, we have a duty to prepare and adopt a local plan for the area. When adopted, this will replace the existing local plans.
You can find out about existing local plans on our planning policy in your local area page.
As we progress work on the plan, we will keep you up to date and let you know important information such as when consultation and engagement will take place and how you can have your say. As set out above, the first conversation consultation is now open, closing midnight on Tuesday 15 July 2025.
If you have any questions you can contact us about the local plan.
Latest news
Release of submitted sites
We are preparing a new local plan for North Yorkshire and as part of that process, we invited people to submit sites for consideration to meet the future needs of housing, employment, retail, etc. We are in the early stages of assessing these sites and the inclusion of a site on this list does not mean that it will be suitable for inclusion in the local plan for future development. Significant work to determine the growth strategy for North Yorkshire and the assessment of individual sites to deliver it will need to take place before identifying the preferred sites.
In late January 2025 information on the sites submitted to date was published. Please note that the release of sites will not at this stage be for public consultation as this will come later in the process. The release of sites is to ensure transparency in the process and to allow the community to have early sight of the sites that have been submitted. The council will not be accepting comments at this stage. A comprehensive consultation at a later date will seek the views of the community on all sites – at which stage further work will have been completed to give a greater direction as to whether such sites are likely to be recommended for allocation or dismissed.
If you wish to be notified when consultation events will take place read the ‘How you can get involved’ section.
Planning reforms
Following the launch of the government’s consultation on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, it is necessary to take stock and understand the implications for the new Local Plan for North Yorkshire prior to launching the first major stage of consultation; the Issues and Options Consultation. This means that the Issues and Options Consultation will be reported to Members and take place early next year rather than commencing in December of this year. Whilst this is a short delay to the start of the consultation, work continues on all aspects of the evidence base to support the local plan.
How you can get involved
We are now creating a list of people who would like to be involved in any consultation around the local plan and are encouraging everyone to sign up.
Sign up on our local plan portal to be involved
We are not allowed to just keep using your details if you were previously involved in the local plan for any of the former councils so make sure to sign up if you would like to be involved.
Local development scheme
The local development scheme is the timetable for the production of the documents that make up the local plan.
It is a project plan that outlines the arrangements for the production of the plan and the approximate timescales to which it will be produced.
The timescales for the preparation of the documents that will make up the North Yorkshire Local Plan have been reviewed and are reflected in the revised Local Development Scheme March 2025 document here (pdf / 495 KB).