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May
Consultation to begin on new 20-year housing plan for North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Council is to launch a consultation this month to get the public’s input for the creation of a new local plan.
The North Yorkshire Local Plan will set out how much land should be provided – and where it should be – to accommodate new homes, jobs and associated infrastructure, and will also include policies to protect the county’s natural and built environment.
According to a report prepared for councillors ahead of a meeting today:
The Issues and option consultation is intended to start a conversation about what the places and spaces across the North Yorkshire Local Plan area will be like in the future (up to the year 2045) and how the new local plan can influence that.
Harrogate Borough Council and the other local authorities that were abolished when North Yorkshire Council came into being all had local plans of their own. The North Yorkshire Local Plan will supercede them.
The consultation will take place over eight weeks between May 19 and July 15, 2025.
The key consultation document the council is inviting comments on is the North Yorkshire Local Plan: our first conversation 2025, which considers key planning issues including sustainable growth, climate change, housing needs, economic development, sustainable transport, infrastructure and the historic environment.
The council will also seek views on the Draft Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 2025.
Copies of these, as well as response forms and other documentation, will be available at the council’s offices and libraries.
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