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Harrogate planning policy

This service is delivered differently in each area of the county. This information relates to the former district of Harrogate. Looking for information in another area of the county? You can change the location here.

Information on the planning policy in the Harrogate area.

Services List

New Settlement (Maltkiln) Development Plan Document

The New Settlement (Maltkiln) Development Plan Document for Maltkiln sets out an ambitious thirty-year vision and policy framework to guide how it is designed and developed.

Harrogate district local plan

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

Emerging planning guidance

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

Current planning policies

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

Housing land supply

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.

Planning policy consultations

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

Strategic housing and economic land availability assessment

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.

Local development scheme

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 in the Harrogate district

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

Harrogate authority monitoring reports

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

Harrogate local plan evidence base

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

Sustainability appraisal and habitat regulations

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

Harrogate local planning guidance and supplementary planning documents

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

Planning customer charter

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.

Infrastructure funding statements

Every year, the council publish an infrastructure funding statement (IFS) to show how developer contributions are helping to improve your local area.

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