North Yorkshire Local Access Forum

 

1 June 2022

 

Secretary’s Update Report

 

 

1.0     Purpose of the Report

 

1.1     To update members of the Local Access Forum on developments since the last meeting of NYLAF.

 

2.0     Local Development Plans

 

2.1     One of the key areas of involvement for the Forum is to ensure appropriate engagement in the preparation of Local Development Plans. Set out in the table below is a summary of the current position in relation to each District Council area, and in relation to the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan. The information is taken from the websites of the relevant authorities and as there has been no recent updates to those websites, the information below remains the same as detailed in the last report.

 

Authority

Status

Craven

In Craven, the Plan was adopted in November 2019 and a provisional date of October 2023 was set for the publication of results of a formal review of the Craven Local Plan, in order to meet the Government’s requirement for a review to be completed 5 years after its adoption i.e. by Nov 2024.

 

Most recently a number of consultations have been commenced – see list above.

 

Hambleton

The Hambleton Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State (Planning Inspectorate) for examination on 31 March 2020.

 

The estimated timetable for progressing to the adoption of the Plan was as follows:

·          Estimated examination period March 2020 to February 2021

·          Receipt of inspector's report March 2021

·          Estimated date of adoption April 2021

 

The Council’s website has no further updates.

Harrogate

The council formally adopted its Local Plan with new settlement policies on 9 December 2020.

 

Richmondshire

The Local Plan 2018-2035 will be a single document and comprise of a review of the adopted Local Plan Core Strategy 2012-2028 and will provide site allocations, area strategy for Catterick Garrison, land use designations, revised Development Limits for settlements identified in the settlement hierarchy and detailed development policies. It will include an updated and revised Proposals Map.

 

Examination Hearings took place in Spring 2021, followed by a ‘Preferred Options’ consultation which ran for 8 weeks from 28 May 2021 until 23 July 2021.  The Council is now preparing the Pre-Submission Draft (Regulation 19). This is the final stage of the process before submission of the Local Plan to the Secretary of State.

 

The Pre-Submission consultation was held in winter 2021.

 

Ryedale

Ryedale District Council are in the process of reviewing their Local Plan which covers the period 2012- 2027.  A two-month ‘Call for Sites’ consultation concluded on 5 July 2021.

 

Community consultation and consultation with stakeholders began in August 2021.  Once they have a group of potential allocations, an options consultation will be undertaken in the spring of 2022 to explore the choices, informed extensively by the initial consultation, evidence base collection and analysis and interactive development of the distribution strategy.

 

Proposed site allocations were published in September 2022.

 

Scarborough

Scarborough Borough Council formally adopted their Local Plan 2011/32 on 3 July 2017. A consultation on the first stage of the review (the Issues and Options stage) concluded in late 2020 and work continues on the review – see: Review of the Scarborough Borough Local Plan (2011/32) | SCARBOROUGH.GOV.UK

 

Selby

A new Local Development Scheme for the period 2019 to 2023 came into effect on 17 September 2019. The scheme identified which Local Plan documents the Council would progress over the next four years, together with the programme for their preparation, and key consultation milestones.

 

In line with the Scheme, a six-week consultation on the Local Plan Issues and Options ended 6 March 2020, and a six week consultation  for the Preferred Options Local Plan 2021 concluded on 12 March 2021.

 

A Local Plan Evidence Base Consultation took place between 3 September 2021 and 15 October 2021. 

 

Minerals and

Waste Joint

Plan

The Minerals and Waste Joint Plan, prepared by North Yorkshire County Council, City of York Council and North York Moors National Park Authority, was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination. Elizabeth Ord LLB (Hons) LLM MA DipTUS was appointed as the Planning Inspector to undertake the Examination and public hearings were held between 27th February and 13th April 2018, and 24th and 25th January 2019.

 

Through the Examination several policies and supporting text in the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan were identified where a Main Modification was required to address concerns identified by the Inspector or other representations to the Joint Plan, or to reflect changes in evidence or national planning policy and a schedule was prepared for consultation.

 

The Main Modification consultation started on Wednesday 21st July 2021 and closed on Wednesday 15th September 2021.

 

All previous documents and evidence reports that underpin the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan, can be viewed online at: www.northyorks.gov.uk/examination.

 

The Examination is a continuous process running from the date of submission through to the receipt of the appointed Planning Inspector’s Report. The representations provided relating to the Schedule of Main

Modifications consultation will be considered by the Inspector while she is writing her report.

 

 

3.0     Regional Forum          

 

3.1     The draft Minutes from the last meeting of the Yorkshire Humber and North Lincolnshire Regional Access Forum held on 9 March 2022 were circulated to Forum members via email by the Chair on 12 April 2022.

 

3.2     The next meeting of the Regional Forum will be held on the 7 September 2022 at Leeds Civic Hall.

 

4.0     Discretionary Restriction Notices

 

4.1     Since the last Forum meeting ten notifications of discretionary ‘28 day’ restrictions under Section 22 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 have been received, and two notifications of discretionary dog restriction under Section 23(1) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

 

5.1     Report Recommendations

 

5.1     The Local Access Forum is recommended to note the report:

 

 

BARRY KHAN

Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall, NORTHALLERTON

 

Report Author:   Melanie Carr, Secretary to North Yorkshire Local Access Forum