Evidence Base Documents to the LDF

Evidence Base Documents to the LDF

Current and Emerging Local Evidence Base Documents (to the LDF)

Settlement Growth:

• Harrogate & Knaresborough Urban Extension Study Vol.1 (7.3Mb) HBC, 2007 
• Harrogate & Knaresborough Urban Extension Study Vol.2 (2.5Mb) HBC, 2008
• Urban Housing Capacity Study (150Kb) HBC, 2005
• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) (page link) HBC, 2009 
• Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) (999Kb) ARC4, 2009 
• 'Be a Planner for Harrogate and Knaresborough for a Day' (page link) HBC
• Infrastructure Delivery Plan (work in progress).

• Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) (999Kb) ARC4, 2009 
• Affordable Housing Economic Viability Assessment (1.4Mb) Adams Integrra, 2010 
• Affordable Housing Economic Viability Assessment - Appendices (2.7Mb) Adams Integrra, 2010
• Draft Homes for Local People (SPD) (400Kb) HBC, 2007

• Retail Study (240Kb) CB Richard Ellis, 2004 
• Retail Study Review (2.9Mb) NJL Consulting, 2007 
• Employment Land Review (1.1Mb) Drivers Jonas, 2006 
• Review of Best and Good Employment Sites (3.4Mb) HBC, 2011
• Harrogate Office Study (1.6Mb) HBC, 2011
• Visitor Accommodation Study (430Kb) HBC, 2011

• North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan 2011-2016 (LTP3) (page link) North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC)
• Manse Farm Rail Station Study Report, HBC/NYCC (work in progress) 
• Traffic Modelling (Stage 1) (2.2Mb), Appendix A (3.1Mb),  Appendix B (1.8Mb),  Appendix C (1.4Mb),  Appendix D (2.0Mb),  Appendix E (1.2Mb),  Appendix F (107Kb),  Appendix G (27Kb),  Appendix H (2.2Mb),  Appendix I (0.5Mb) Jacobs, 2011
• Local Sustainable Transport Funding - Harrogate Sustainable Transport Package (page link) NYCC
• Harrogate District-wide Transport Priorities (3Mb) Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, 2010
• Land at Station Parade Harrogate Development Brief (5.1Mb) HBC, 2005

• North West Yorkshire Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) (page link) JBA Consulting, 2010
• Flood Risk Sequential Test 2011 (0.4Mb) of urban and rural sites, HBC, 2011
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (level 2) (work in progress). 
• Yorkshire and Humber Green Infrastructure Mapping Project (page link) Natural England 
• Leeds City Region Green Infrastructure Strategy (9.9Mb) Leeds City Region Partnership, 2010
• Harrogate District Planning and Climate Change Study (23Mb) AECOM, 2011
• Landscape Character Assessment (page link) HBC, 2004
• Review of Local Landscape Designations: Special Landscape Areas - Part 1 (7Mb) and Part 2 (4Mb) HBC, 2011
• Review of Local Landscape Designations: Green Wedges (3.5Mb) HBC, 2011
• Conservation Area Appraisals (page link) HBC
• Historic Environment: Local Distinctiveness (537Kb) HBC, 2011
• Rationale for the Studley Royal, including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey, World Heritage Site Proposed Buffer Zone (227Kb) National Trust and English Heritage

Communities:

• Harrogate Playing Pitch Assessment (2004) (page link) and its Area Based Supplement (2008) (244Kb), Strategic Leisure Ltd
• Sport, Recreation, Open Space and Village Halls Study:
• Part 1 - Standards Assessment (5.67Mb) HBC, 2011
• Part 2 - Outdoor Sports Facilities in Harrogate. Knaresborough and Ripon (2.4Mb) HBC, 2011
• Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessment North Yorkshire Sub-Region (712Kb) arc4, 2008 
• Infrastructure Delivery Plan (work in progress).

Measuring Success:

• Annual Monitoring Report (532Kb) HBC, 2010

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