Helmsley Plan
What is the Helmsley Plan?
The Helmsley Plan guides development in the parish of Helmsley. It identifies and allocates land for new housing and employment, together with a suite of other policies to guide development in Helmsley.
It was prepared jointly with the North York Moors National Park, as the planning responsibility for Helmsley is split between the two authorities and is in accordance with Ryedale's Local Plan Strategy and the North York Moors National Park's Core Strategy and Development Policies - Development Plan Document.
- Helmsley Plan - adopted in July 2015 (PDF, 72 pages, 2.2Mb)
- Helmsley Plan sustainability report (PDF, 71 pages, 675kb)
- Report on the examination of the Helmsley Plan (PDF, 24 pages, 375kb)
- Sustainability appraisal - Annex 1 (PDF, 56 pages, 493kb)
- Sustainability appraisal - main modifications (PDF, 39 pages, 262kb)
- Sustainability appraisal - site assessments (PDF, 95 pages, 763kb)
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012
In accordance with Regulation 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, notice is hereby given that Ryedale District Council adopted the Helmsley Plan with main modifications made pursuant to Section 23(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) on 9 July 2015. The Helmsley Plan forms part of the Development Plan for the Ryedale District Local Planning Authority Area.
The Helmsley Plan has been jointly prepared with the North York Moors National Park. It allocates sufficient land to meet both the housing and employment requirements for the town up to 2027. It also contains a suite of policies to guide various forms of development and to manage change in the town. It supports the implementation of Ryedale District Council's Local Plan Strategy, which was adopted in 2013 and provides the planning strategy for the District out side the North York Moors National Park. It has been assessed by an independent Planning Inspector, who concluded that the Helmsley Plan, along with the recommended Main Modifications, satisfies the requirements of Section 20(5) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) and meets the criteria for soundness in the National Planning Policy Framework.
- Land east and south of Riccal Drive, Helmsley (PDF, 3 pages, 70kb)
- Land west of Riccal Drive and south of Storey Close, Helmsley (PDF, 3 pages, 69kb)
