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Planning Publications

All Harrogate Borough Council Planning publications available throughout the website are also listed and available (or linked) here for ease of reference.

All are in

format (except where otherwise stated).

Development Control

Planning - Our Service to You. The Development Control Charter. (290kb)

Planning Code of Good Practice: For Members and Officers (110kb)

Parish Councils and Planning Applications (205kb)

New Development, Have Your Say on a Planning Application (115kb)

Opportunity to Speak at Planning Committee (347kb)

What happens at Planning Committee? (382kb)

Planning Committee - Important information for the public (130kb)

Residential Conversions in Harrogate Town Centre - A guide for property owners (100kb)

Planning Scheme of Delegation (177 kb)

Moving House? Looking Ahead (68kb)

Guide to Policy CFX (1.2Mb) Guidelines on this policy of the Selective Alteration to the Harrogate District Local Plan which seeks to protect Community Facilities in relation to new planning applications.

Provision of Open Space in Connection with New Housing Development SPD (page link) updated 2007 A Guide for Developers.

Provision for Village Halls in connection with New Housing Development SPD (page link) updated 2007

Affordable Housing - Planning Guidance for Developers and Planners May 2007 (1.8Mb) related to affordable housing planning Policy H5 contained in the Harrogate District Local Plan (as adopted 2001 and altered 2004) (see also 'pro forma' and 'model Section 106 agreements' (210kb) which form part of a planning application where an affordable housing requirement arises.)

Harrogate District Telecommunications Strategy 1999 (1.5mb) This supplements the provisions of Policy CF10 to the Harrogate District Local Plan.

Planning Application Forms (page link)

Article 4 Direction (1.9Mb) Protection (from painting) of building facades in much of Harrogate Town Conservation Area.

Historic Parks and Gardens in Harrogate District (737kb)

Historic Battlefields in Harrogate District (183kb)

Ancient Monuments in Harrogate District (220kb)

Conservation Areas in Harrogate District (page link)

Listed Buildings in Harrogate District (700kb)

Policy & Plans

Harrogate District Local Plan (page link) adopted in February 2001 and subject to Selective Alteration. This is to be supersceded by the Harrogate District Local Development Framework (page link)

Policy on Developer Contributions to Education Facilities (217kb). Details the requirements for new housing developments of 25 or more units (net) to pay for new primary school classrooms where there is insufficient capacity. Prepared in conjunction with North Yorkshire County Council (as the local education authority)

Design Guidance (page link with 2 more links to pages of specific types of guidance) - Development Control guidance for affordable housing, residential conversions, telecom mast development etc. And Planning Policy & Guidance which includes Supplementary Planning Guidance covering House extensions and garages, shopfronts, residential, biodiversity, farm buildings and landscape. This page also includes Village Design Statements for Ripley, Kirkby Malzeard and Darley.

Affordable Housing Design Guidance (see 'Development Control' publications above.)

Landscape Character Assessment (page link) - This analysis of the whole of the rural parts of Harrogate District has Supplementary Planning Guidance status

Harrogate District Datafile (page link) A comprehensive statistical analysis of the District utilising 2001 Census data.

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