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York Council Launches Consultation on New Local Plan

City of York Council has launched a public consultation today, Monday 28 September 2026, on the development of a new Local Plan.

Councillor Dave Merrett, Executive Member with responsibility for planning, said:

Although we only adopted Yorkโ€™s current Local Plan in February 2025, we've seen major policy changes from Government this year and it's important our Plan is updated to reflect themโ€.

The new National Planning Policy Framework published this year is much more ambitious in supporting new home building and economic growth and is more rules-based about where development should go. ย 

It sets out a vision for plan-led growth โ€“ building sustainable new communities and opportunities with appropriate infrastructure and amenities in planned locations and at the right scale. ย 

We are refreshing our plan now to ensure we stay up to date.

'York Local Plan 2045: A city where history meets the future' will cover the period from 2029 until 2045. It will set out a vision, spatial strategy, and planning policies for the sustainable development of York and will provide a framework for decision-making on planning applications.ย ย ย 

The new national process for creating local plans sets out a strict timetable and series of milestones, including public consultations. In the first stage the council has set out what it thinks the challenges are for creating a new plan and is asking people for their views.ย ย 

Councillor Merrett said:

This first consultation is about defining the scope of the new plan.ย We're asking local people and organisations about whether weโ€™ve identified the right challenges, the evidence there is on development needs, and also our on-going engagement approach.ย ย ย ย 

This will establish what the new Local Plan will and wonโ€™t cover to reduce risk, shorten later stages, and support a much faster examination and adoption.

The consultation runs until 11.59pm on 8ย November 2026.ย Have your say on the consultation via our Local Plan Scoping Consultation webpage york.gov.uk/ScopingConsultationย 

See our Local Plan 2045 webpages: York Local Plan 2045 โ€“ City of York Councilย 

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