New Local Plan Examination

The council has adopted the City of York Local Plan following the completion of the Local Plan Examination.

All updates about the Local Plan Examination process, timetable and other relevant information have been made available here.

Inspector Simon Berkeley (BA MA MRTPI) and Inspector Paul Griffiths BSc (Hons) BArch IHBC were appointed by the Planning Inspectorate to conduct the examination into the City of York Local Plan.

• Local Plan Examination Library - documents, statements and other correspondence issued after submission on 25 May 2018
• Core Document and Evidence Base Library - up to 25 May 2018: documents, plans, strategies and evidence that informed the Local Plan up to submission, including Regulation 19 Consultation responses
• Local Plan Pre-Publication Draft - as available during consultation from 21 February to 4 April 2018; also view the interactive Policies map
• Guidance on plan making - published in September 2018
• Short guide to Local Plan Examinations - Published December 2022

Examination news and updates:

Correspondence and updates relating to the examination from 2025.

See previous examination correspondence and updates from:

• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018

17 February 2025

We received the Local Plan Inspectors’ Report on the Examination of City of York’s Local Plan on Friday 14 February 2025.

Also see

• Submission of the New Local Plan
• Preparations for the New Local Plan
• Previous consultations on the New Local Plan
• Planning and building