It sets out the elements that make up a local character in order to improve the quality of design in any new development. It covers relatively straightforward work such as replacing doors and windows as well as more significant work such as building extensions and new buildings.
Adopted village design statement
We have been working with local residents to develop village design statements in the following villages (adopted into the Local Development Framework on 1 December 2009):
- Brayton (pdf / 2 MB)
- Cawood (pdf / 3 MB)
- Hemingbrough (pdf / 4 MB)
- Osgodby (pdf / 5 MB)
- Sherburn-in-Elmet (pdf / 2 MB)
- Skipwith (pdf / 3 MB)
- South Milford (pdf / 5 MB)
- Stillingfleet (pdf / 7 MB)
- Wistow (pdf / 15 MB)
- Selby Town Design Statement (2004)
- Fairburn Village Design Statement (2005) (pdf / 881 KB)
A second series of VDS documents were adopted into the Local Development Framework in February 2012 for the following villages:
- Appleton Roebuck (pdf / 3 MB)
- Barlow (pdf / 2 MB)
- Bilbrough (pdf / 14 MB)
- Brotherton (pdf / 6 MB)
- Byram (pdf / 4 MB)
- Carlton (pdf / 2 MB)
- Church Fenton (pdf / 3 MB)
- Hensall (pdf / 5 MB)
- Monk Fryston (pdf / 5 MB)
- Newton Kyme (pdf / 4 MB)
- North Duffield (pdf / 6 MB)
- Riccall (pdf / 18 MB)
- Stutton (pdf / 5 MB)
- Ulleskelf (pdf / 7 MB)
- Womersley (pdf / 2 MB)