All updates about the Local Plan Examination process, timetable and other relevant information will be made available here.
Our Local Plan Examination Programme Officer
Contact our Local Plan Examination Programme Officer, Carole Crookes (Independent Programme Officer Solutions) via email: york@iposolutions.online, telephone: 07397 909822, postal address is provided upon request; please contact the Programme Officer directly for these details.
Key information for the Local Plan Examination
Inspector Simon Berkeley (BA MA MRTPI) and Inspector Paul Griffiths BSc (Hons) BArch IHBC have been appointed by the Planning Inspectorate to conduct the examination into the City of York Local Plan to determine whether it's sound.
- 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:
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.