2017 towards publication and submission

15 December - our response to your comments

Here are our latest policy response papers and site response papers, in which we analyse and respond to comments received during the public consultation on the third pre-publication draft local plan. The papers provide details of the issues raised, our responses and resulting changes to the draft plan.

•  policy response papers (pdf / 25 MB)
•  site response papers (pdf / 22 MB)

Analysis of responses will enable further improvements to be made before a final version is produced and subjected to formal approval procedures, including an examination in public.

19 June to 31 July - consultation on the pre-publication draft local plan

We ran a six-week public consultation on a third (pre-publication) draft of its new local plan, including a drop-in event in Skipton. This followed consultation on previous drafts in 2014 and 2016 and included a new consultation on preferred sites. Whilst you can still view relevant documents, the consultation is now closed.

Consultation documents:

•  pre-publication draft Craven local plan consultation document (June 2017) (pdf / 2 MB)
•  appendix A (INF3) (pdf / 446 KB)
•  appendix B (INF6) (pdf / 371 KB)
•  appendix C (IDP) (pdf / 1 MB)
•  policies map pre-publication consultation draft (19.6.17) (pdf / 13 MB)
• comments form (19.6.17) - no longer useable

Background documents:

•  memorandum of understanding - CDC and YDNPA (draft) (pdf / 240 KB)
•  sustainability appraisal of draft policies (June 2017) (pdf / 5 MB)
•  residential site selection process (June 2017) (pdf / 44 MB)
•  housing growth options paper with sustainability appraisal (June 2017) (pdf / 6 MB)
•  review of green wedge designations in Craven (June 2017) (pdf / 1 MB)
•  Craven local plan equality impact assessment (April 2017) (pdf / 719 KB)
•  approaching housing density and mix (February 2017) (pdf / 3 MB)
•  local green space assessment with annexes (draft January 2017) (pdf / 8 MB)
•  policy response papers (5.4.16) (pdf / 13 MB)
•  site response papers (5.4.16) (pdf / 3 MB)

Planning studies (or evidence base documents) can be found on our planning policy facts and figures page.