Emerging planning guidance

Current planning guidance can be found by visiting the planning guidance page.

We are consulting on the:

• Protecting Dark Skies in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

To view the documents and respond to the current consultation please visit the consultation portal.

The consultation starts on Monday 20 February and runs until 4.30pm on Monday 20 March 2023.

PDF versions of the consultation documents as well as the following supporting documents can be viewed and downloaded from the consultation portal using the link above.

Within the portal, the PDFs can be found under the heading Supporting Files on the left-hand side of the page

• Protecting Dark Skies in the Nidderdale AONB SPD
• Consultation Statement Protecting Dark Skies in the Nidderdale AONB SPD
• SEA Screening Statement Protecting Dark Skies in the Nidderdale AONB SPD

Submitting your comments outside of the portal

The easiest way to submit your comments is via the portal, as set out above, however, if you chose you can submit your comments in writing via

• email to PlanPolicy.har@northyorks.gov.uk or
• post to The Policy Team Place-shaping and Economic Growth Harrogate Borough Council PO Box 787 Harrogate  HG1 9RW

Hard copies of the Protecting Dark Skies in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty SPD can be viewed at:

• The Civic Centre, St Luke's Mount, Harrogate, HG1 2AE
• Nidderdale Plus community library, Station Square, King Street, Pateley Bridge HG3 5AT

Updates

February 2022: West Harrogate Parameters Plan approved

The West Harrogate Parameters Plan was approved on 22 February 2022.

Further information can be found by visiting the West Harrogate Parameters Plan page.

June 2021: SPDs adopted

The following SPD's were adopted in June 2021

• affordable housing SPD
• rural workers dwellings SPD
• air quality SPD
• providing net gain for biodiversity SPD
• provision of open space and village halls SPD

These SPD's and their supporting documents can be found by visiting the planning guidance and SPD page.

May 2020: Preparation of new supplementary planning documents (SPDs)

We have begun the preparation of the following new SPDs:

Affordable housing SPD. This will support local plan policy HS2: Affordable housing. It will replace existing guidance titled negotiating affordable housing contributions (November 2015).

Rural workers dwellings SPD. This will support local plan policy HS9: Rural workers dwellings.

Air quality SPD. This will support local plan policy NE1: Air quality.

Avoiding net loss of biodiversity SPD. This will support aspects of local plan policy NE3: Protecting the natural environment.

Open space and village hall contributions SPD. This will support aspects of local plan policies TI4: Delivery of new infrastructure and HP7: New sports, open space and recreation development. It will replace the following existing SPDs: Provision of open space in connection with new housing development SPD (revised 2015) and provision for village halls in connection with new housing development SPD (revised 2015).