Harrogate Borough Council

The Council began work on this document in 2004 and has carried out three District-wide consultations on the Core Strategy. Information on these consultations, (including copies of all consultation documents, background documents and notes from public consultation events) are set out in the ARCHIVE section, below.

Core Strategy Examination - Resumption 16/17 October 2008

Examination Hearing Sessions - Programme (24kb)

Guidance Notes for participants (47kb)

Schedule of Matters and Issues (19kb)

Examination Library (updated 29/9/08) (42kb)

Consultation Statement (3.2Mb) show what consultation the Council has undertaken.

Examination Statement 20 (ES20) (302kb) Areas of Search for Growth -West Harrogate and East Knaresborough (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C;6;7;8 and 9)

Core Strategy Examination Statements submitted on or about 29 September 2008

Forward Investments LLP (314) (58kb)

Hallam Land Management (229) (78kb)

Halfpenny Lane (94) (56kb)

Crest Nicholson & Harrogate Rugby Club (2040) (55kb)

Miller Strategic Land (1827) (52kb)

Mr & Mrs Smith (395) (11kb)

Mr RSM Trantor (25) (28kb)

HTH Developments Ltd (2049) (150kb)

Consultation Friday 11 July - Friday 22 August 2008 - CLOSED

Areas of Search for Growth around Harrogate & Knaresborough:

The Local Development Framework Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State in September 2007. The Core Strategy sets out the direction and strategy for development and conservation in the District up to 2021 and beyond. All but one* aspect of the Core Strategy were the subject of public examination hearings during April and May 2008.

*The one aspect of the Core Strategy yet to be heard at public examination is in connection with the "Areas of Search for Growth around Harrogate & Knaresborough". At an exploratory meeting of the Harrogate Core Strategy Examination on 26 March 2008 the Inspector suspended this part of the Examination to allow further work to be carried out to underpin this aspect of the Core Strategy.

Consultation on the "Harrogate & Knaresborough Urban Extension Study (Vol.2) took place between 11 July and 22 August 2008. The Report of Consultation (1.5Mb) contains a summary of all the consultation responses received within the consultation period.

Copies of all the consultation responses are set out in the table below. The pdf files are necessarily large and have been grouped into ZIP files (Windows XP/Vista inlcude support to open ZIP files automatically). Please refer to the Index of Representors (152kb) to find the reference number for the response you would like to view.

The Examination for this part of the Core Strategy will resume on 16 and 17 October 2008.

Respondent Nos. 0004 - 0093 (3.3Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 0229 - 0310 (7.3Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0094 (6.9Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 0313 - 0349 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0098 - 0118 (8.1Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 0354 - 0819 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0128 - 0143 (3.3Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 0837 - 1754 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0153 - 0164 (7.3Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 1761 - 1895 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0170 - 0191 (7.9Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 1896 - 1997 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0193 - 0201 (3.4Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 1998 - 2040 (8.8Mb zip)
Respondent Nos. 0202 - 0210 (9.8Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 2041 - 2048 (3.1Mb zip)
Respondent No. 0218 (3.4Mb zip)	Respondent No. 2049 (9.9Mb zip)
Respondent No. 0221 - Part 1 (7.9Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 2052 - 2062 (9.8Mb zip)
Respondent No. 0221 - Part 2 (9.0Mb zip)	Respondent Nos. 2063 - 2534 (3.8Mb zip)

The documents upon which the above consultation took place were:

Harrogate & Knaresborough Urban Extensions Study (Vol. 2) (2.5Mb)
Sustainability Appraisal (4.1Mb)
Biodiversity Study (340Kb)
Landscape, Green Belt & Green Wedge Assessment (3.6Mb)
Traffic Assessment (3.1Mb)
Travel & Accessibility Assessment (2.3Kb)

Responses from utility and service providers (as background to the consultation documents above).

CE_Electric UK (1.1Mb)	Northern Rail (13kb)
Harrogate & District Travel (34kb)	NYCC Children and Young People's Services (630kb)
Highways Agency (637kb)	Primary Care Trust (316kb)
National Grid (51kb)	United Utilities Plc (623kb)
Network Rail (51kb)	Yorkshire Water (640kb)
NHS Foundation Trust (22kb)

Plan showing land availability at Site H32(i) Land at Cardale Park West (364kb) as referred to in Appendix 7 of the Harrogate & Knaresborough Urban Extensions Study (Vol. 2), above.

Core Strategy Examination

The Examination in to the Core Strategy DPD commenced on 22 April 2008.

Read the Notes of the Core Strategy - Exploratory Meeting (45kb) focusing on the 'Area of Search for Growth' which took place on 26 March 2008.

Read the letter detailing Suspension of Examination for Areas of Search for Growth (Policy SG1) (14kb)

Areas of Search for Growth around Harrogate & Knaresborough - Draft work Programme (127kb)

Examination Library (updated 29/9/08) (42kb) list of Examination Statements and core documents

The Yorkshire and Humber Plan Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) to 2026 (May 2008): Implications for the Harrogate District Core Strategy (97kb)

Copies of responses to this can be viewed in the following 6 files:

RSS/2 Hallam Land Management Ltd (23kb)	RSS/5 Crest Nicholson & Harrogate Rugby Club (38kb)
RSS/3 Heather R M Gee (14kb)	RSS/6 Carter Jonas (various clients) (18kb)
RSS/4 Tesco Stores Ltd (12kb)	RSS/7 Forward Investments LLP (40kb)
RSS/8 Messrs D & T Ward (55kb)

Examination Hearing Sessions - Final draft Programme (24kb)

Guidance Notes for Participants (120kb)

Schedule of Matters and Issues for Examination (130kb)

Inspector's Preliminary Questions (29kb) these are questions asked of the Council by the Inspector. The Council's response is set out in Examination Statement 1(ES1) (below).

Examination Statement 1 (ES1) (55kb) Harrogate Borough Council's Response to Inspector's Preliminary Questions

Examination Statement 2 (ES2) (2.55Mb) The Inspector requested that the Council provide a background paper answering various questions about its work to identify those 'Areas of Search for Growth' for Harrogate and Knaresborough in Policy SG1. ES2 provides the Council's response and background paper."

Examination Statement 3 (ES3) (19kb) notes that, Proposal E4 of the Harrogate District Local Plan should be deleted from Appendix 9 of the Core Strategy.

Examination Statement 4 (ES4) (26kb) procedural & conformity matters (Soundness Tests 1;2A/B; 3; 4A/B/C; 5)

Examination Statement 5 (ES5) (33kb) Spatial Strategy, including strategic issues, vision and objectives and key diagram (Soundness Tests: 4A/B/C; 6; 7 and 9)

Examination Statement 6 (ES6) (72kb) Development strategy and level of housing provision (SG1, SG5 and Appendix 4) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 7 (ES7) (50kb) Settlement hierarchy and settlement growth (SG2, SG4, Appendix 5) (Soundness Tests: 4A/B/C; 6; 7 and 9)

Examination Statement 8 (ES8) (11kb) Areas of search for growth (west Harrogate and east Knaresborough) (Soundness Tests: 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 9 (ES9) (42kb) Rural Strategy (SG3) (Soundness Tests: 4B/C; 6; 7 and 9)

Examination Statement 10 (ES10) (51kb) Homes for local people (HLP1, HLP2, HLP3, HLP4, HLP5 and Appendix 6) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C/; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 11 (ES11) (61kb) Jobs and business (JB1, JB2 and JB3) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8; 9)

Examination Statement 12 (ES12) (37kb) Retail and town centre development (JB4) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C; 6; 7 and 8)

Examination Statement 13 (ES13) (48kb) Travel and transport infrastructure (TRA1, TRA2, TRA3, Appendices 7 and 8) (Soundness Tests: 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 14 (ES14) (65kb) Environment and quality of life (EQ1 and EQ2) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 15 (ES15) (41kb) Communities (C1 and C2) (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 16 (ES16) (178kb) Community sports regeneration area (C3) (Soundness Tests: 4A / B / C; 6; 7; 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 17 (ES17) (38kb) Implementation and monitoring (Soundness Tests 8 and 9)

Examination Statement 18 (ES18) (42kb) Schedule of Council's recommended changes to Core Strategy (as at 26 March 2008)

Examination Statement 18A (ES18A) (100kb) Schedule of Council's recommended changes to Core Strategy (as at 12 May 2008)

Examination Statement 18B (ES18B) (180kb) Schedule of Council's recommended changes to Core Strategy (as at 21 May 2008)

Examination Statement 19 (ES19) (32kb) Evidence base to support the Council's development strategy and level of housing provision.

Examination Statement 20 (ES20) (302kb) Areas of Search for Growth -West Harrogate and East Knaresborough (Soundness Tests 4A/B/C;6;7;8 and 9)

Hearing Core Documents (HCD) submitted at the Examination:

(HCD01) (39kb) The Council's Opening Statement to the Examination.
(HCD02) (127kb) Areas of Search for Growth around Harrogate & Knaresborough - Draft Work Programme.
(HCD03) (57kb) Policy SG2 - transport timetables and categorisation of Group C Settlements
(HCD04) (68kb) Housing Site Allocation in Group B & C Settlements and (HCD04 Addendum) (11kb) Rural Exception Sites in Group B Villages
(HCD05) (10kb) Suggested change to the wording of Policy SG1 - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD06) (19kb) Figure 2: Housing Trajectory - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD07) (22kb) Ensuring the deilvery of the Overall Housing Requirement - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD08) (20kb) Amnended Appendix C to Site Allocations (Homes & Jobs) Preferred Opition Consultation. Amended table with %age windfalls in each settlement - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD09) (32kb) Letter from Leeds City Region to Mr D Mitchell, Barton Willmore (dated 18 April 2008) re Leeds City Region Development Programme - submitted by Mr D Mitchell, Barton Willmore representing Forward Investments
(HCD10) (56kb) Letter from Leeds City Council to Lister Haigh Ltd (dated 21 April 2008) re Proposed Development Site, Deighton Grange nr Wetherby. - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD11) (11kb) Deighton Grange nr Wetherby. Schedule of Events relating to the Notification, Promotion & Marketing - submitted by Mr J E Haigh, Lister Haigh Ltd representing Messrs M&C Alton.
(HCD12) (11kb) Clarification of Core Strategy: Shop vacancy rates - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD13) (15kb) Housing Completions outside Harrogate, Knaresboro' and Ripon - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD14) (15kb) Neighbouring Authorities' position re Affordable Housing - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD15) (17kb) Planning Permissions granted Aug 02-Oct 06 - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD16) (40kb) Housing Land identified as Pref Options (Homes & Jobs) January 2008 - submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD17) (49kb) Letter from Mr E Williams, NYCC to Mr JE Haigh, Lister Haigh Ltd re Harrogate LDF Core Strategy Harrogate Bypass (East/North) Relief and Access Road; Harrogate to Wetherby A1 Interchange link A661; Knaresborough Link/Access Road. Submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD18) (13kb) Renewable Technology Examples. Submitted by Harrogate Borough Council
(HCD19) (13kb) Request for Clarification of paragraph 7.21 of the explanation to Policy EQ1 Submitted by Harrogate Borough Council

Representations to the Council's 'Schedule of Rcommended Changes to the Core Strategy' (ES18 and ES18A)

Hallam Land Management (No. 229) File 1 (38kb)	Woodhead Investments (No. 145) File 1 (20kb)
Barber Titleys (No. 303) File 1 (31kb)	Ripon City AFC (No. 374) File 1 (36kb)
Crest Nicholson & Harrogate Rugby Club (Nos. 253 & 341) File 1 (148kb)	Lister Haigh (Various) File 1 ( 95kb)
Lands Improvement (No. 267) File 1 (133kb)	NaturalEngland (No. 336) File 1 (18kb)
Forward Investments LLP (No.313) File 1 (191kb) File 2 (631kb)	Tesco (No. 314) File 1 (30kb)
Boro'bridge Town council (No.316) File 1 (8kb)	Messrs Daniel and Toby Ward (No. 243) File 1 (85kb)
Beckwithshaw Parish Council (No. 340) File 1 (56kb)	Ramblers Assoc (No.219) File 1 (64kb)
Commmercial Estates Group (No. 221) File 1 (1.25Mb)	Save Crimple Valley (No. 333) File 1 (48kb)
CEMEX (No. 239) File 1 (16kb)	Scriven Parish Council (No. 146) File 1 (16kb)
Duchy Residents Assoc (No. 200) File 1 (23kb)	Sport England (No. 304) File 1 (15kb)
English Heritage (No. 289) File 1 (15kb)	Stephensons (No.75) File 1 (8kb)
Harrogate Civic Society (No. 347) File 1 (81kb)	Stone Rings Banks Amenity Group (No. 226) File 1 (9kb)
Heather Gee (No. 230) File 1 (23kb)	Theatres Trust (No. 79) File 1 (31kb)
Highways Agency (No.324) File 1 (32kb)	Government Office for Yorkshire & The Humber (No. 238) File 1 (16kb)
York House Leisure (No. 97) File 1 (29kb)	Yorkshire Forward (No. 244) File 1 (11kb)

Core Strategy Examination Representation statements submitted on or about 20 March 2008

Able and Tuley (No. 100 & 182) File 1(3.9Mb)	Hallam Land Management (No. 229) File 1(44kb) File 2(45kb) File 3(91kb)
Councillor Alton (No. 170) File 1 (withdrawn)	Harlow and Pannal Ash Residents Association (No. 310) File1(5.8Mb) File 2(88kb)
Alderson (No. 208) File1(95kb)	Harrogate Civic Society (No. 347) File 1(109kb) File 2(37kb)
Alton and others (No. 173) File 1(4.0Mb)	Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw Parish Council (No. 340) File 1(117kb) File 2 (117kb)
Armitage (No. 236) File 1(17kb) File 2 (34kb)	Hedges (No. 254) File 1(72kb)
Barker (No. 348) File 1 (134kb)	Highways Agency (No. 324) File 1(2.4Mb)
Bishop Monkton Parish Council (No. 237) File 1(48kb) File 2(18kb)	Kebbell Homes (No. 227) File1(132kb) File 2(372kb) File 3 (27kb)
Caddick Developments (No. 113) File 1(49kb)	Lands Improvement (No. 267) File 1(382kb)
Chapman (No. 204) - see Alderson, above -	Langley (No. 203) - see Alderson, above -
Church Commissioners for England (No. 252) File 1(76kb) File 2(221kb)	Lister Haigh (Various clients) File 1 (3.6Mb)
Clark (No. 368) File 1 (125kb)	Miller Strategic Land (No. 372) File 1(195kb) File 2(192kb)
Commercial Estates Group (No. 221) File 1&2(255kb) File 3 (80kb)	Natural England (No. 336) File 1(70kb)
Crest Nicholson only (No. 253) File 2(201kb) File 3 (284kb)	Persimmon Homes Yorkshire Ltd (No. 225) File 1(105kb) File 2(56kb)
Crest Nicholson (No. 253) and Harrogate Rugby Club (No. 341) File 1 of both (595kb)	Tesco Stores Ltd (No. 314) File 1(146kb) File 2(259kb)
Forward Investments (No. 313) File 1 (1.3Mb)	Tyreman (No. 43) File 1(132kb)
Granby Park Residents (No. 183) File 1 (22kb) File 2 (32kb) File 3 (35kb)	Ward (No. 243) File 1(78kb)
Gray (No. 206) - see Alderson, above -	Watson (No. 368) File 1 (86kb)
Halfpenny Lane (No. 94) File 1(84kb)	York House Leisure (No. 97) File 1(49kb) File 2(111kb) File 3(103kb) File 4(111kb)

Core Strategy Examination Representation statements submitted on or about 31 March 2008

Commercial Estates Group (No. 221) File 1 (162kb)	Duchy Residents' Assocation (No. 200) File 1 (140kb)
Crest Nicholson (No. 253) and Harrogate Rugby Club (No. 341) File 1(219kb) File 2 (178kb) File 3 (224kb)	Miller Strategic Land (No. 372) File 1 (145kb)

Core Strategy Examination Representation statements submitted on or about 4 April 2008

Chippendale/Trustees of Dearlove Addyman/Trustees of J Swiers Dec'd (No. 290) File 1 (150kb)

Ripon City Football Club (No. 374) File 1 (165kb)

Notice of Examination and Pre-Examination Meeting details (12kb)

Key Dates in the Examination process (12kb)

Harrogate District Employment Land Supply - Update Note (LCD67) (32kb)

Notes of the pre-Examination meeting (66kb) held on Monday 28 January 2008.

The Core Strategy Examination - Exploratory Meeting (13kb).

The LDF Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State on 7 September 2007. Representations have been received and the Council's 'Regulation 31 Statement' (233kb) summarises the main issues raised by them.

Submission Core Strategy

The Core Strategy was submitted to the Secretary of State on 7 September 2007. The consultation period ran until 19 Oct 07. Objecting and supporting representations will be considered by an Independent Inspector either by written representations or attendance at the Examination into the Core Strategy that commences on 22 April 2008. The main issues raised by the representations to the Submission Core Strategy are summarised in the Council's 'Regulation 31 Statement' (233kb). A complete set of scanned representations is available from the following table of downloads. To find a particular individual's representation, first look in the alphabetical list of respondents' names (133kb), each of which has the representation number next to it. Then choose the file which includes that number.

Representation Response Nos. 0001 - 0050 (2.5Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0251 - 0269 (6.4Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0051 - 0100 (6.1Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0270 - 0275 (9.1Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0101 - 0123 (7.2Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0276 - 0280 (9.1Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0124 - 0135 (8.2Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0281 - 0286 (9.1Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0136 - 0150 (6.2Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0287 - 0292 (9.4Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0151 - 0171 (8.4Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0293 - 0295 (5.4Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0172 - 0200 (8.5Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0296 - 0300 (5.7Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0201 - 0218 (8.7Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0301 - 0350 (6.7Mb)
Representation Response Nos. 0219 - 0250 (6.4Mb)	Representation Response Nos. 0351 - 0400 (2.9Mb)