Production of the Local Development Framework is an ongoing process. To view all the published documents please click on the appropriate link below. The documents can also be purchased from us. For details on how to purchase any document please follow the link to "How to Purchase a Document".

The LDF consists of the following documents:

Core Strategy

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Sustainability Appraisal (Core Strategy)

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Development Control Policies

Issues and Alternative Options (Oct 2006)

• Development Control Policies (Issues and Alternative Options) (pdf 1.09MB)
• Issues and Alternative Options Consultation Responses (pdf 174KB)

Preferred Options

• Development Control Policies Preferred Options Report (pdf 520KB)

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Sustainability Appraisal (DC Policies)

• Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal Report (pdf 491KB)
• Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal Appendices (pdf 552KB)

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Planning for Housing

Preferred Housing Sites (Oct 2006)

• Planning for Housing (Preferred Housing Sites) - Sections 1-6 (pdf 444KB)
• Planning for Housing (Preferred Housing Sites) - Sites (Bowburn, Brandon, Cassop, Coxhoe) (pdf 4.30MB)
• Planning for Housing (Preferred Housing Sites) - Sites (Durham City) (pdf 7.47MB)
• Planning for Housing (Preferred Housing Sites) - Sites (Durham City, Pittington, Ushaw Moor) (pdf 5.70MB)
• Planning for Housing (Preferred Housing Sites) - Non-preferred sites and How to comment (pdf 368KB)
• Appendix 1 - Location plan of all sites (pdf 5.17MB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 1 (Bearpark, Broompark, New Brancepeth and Ushaw Moor) (pdf 744KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 2 (Bowburn) (pdf 573KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 3 (Brandon, Langley Moor and Meadowfield) (pdf 956KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 4 (Cassop and Quarrington Hill) (pdf 537KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 5 (Coxhoe, Kelloe and Parkhill) (pdf 792KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 6 (Belmont, Carrville and Gilesgate Moor) (pdf 1.03MB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 7 (City Centre and Crossgate Moor) (pdf 0.99MB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 8 (Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall and Pity Me) (pdf 889KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 9 (Esh Winning and Waterhouses) (pdf 659KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 10 (Low Pittington and West Rainton) (pdf 598KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 11 (Ludworth and Shadforth) (pdf 515KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 12 (Sherburn and Sherburn Hill) (pdf 599KB)
• Appendix 2 - Map 13 (Witton Gilbert) (pdf 609KB)

Preferred Options (Strategy) (Sept 2005)

• Planning for Housing Preferred Options (pdf 625KB)
• Appendix A - Preferred Options Key Diagram (pdf 56KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Bearpark, Bowburn, Brandon/Meadowfield/Langley Moor, Broompark) (pdf 1.08MB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Cassop, Coxhoe, Croxdale/Sunderland Bridge) (pdf 727KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Esh Winning, Hett, Kelloe) (pdf 610KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Brasside, Ludworth, The Pittingtons) (pdf 692 KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (New Brancepeth, Parkhill, Quarrington Hill) (pdf 692KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Shadforth, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, High Shinclife/Shincliffe) (pdf 820KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundaries (Ushaw Moor, Waterhouses, West Rainton, Witton Gilbert) (pdf 866KB)
• Appendix B - Settlement Boundary (Durham City (A3 maps)) (pdf 2.06MB)
• Appendix C - Summary Graphs of Consultation Responses to Housing Issues and Alternative Options paper (pdf 26KB)

Issues and Alternative Options (July 2005)

• Housing Issues and Alternative Options (pdf 94KB)
• Consultation Responses (pdf 126KB)

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Sustainability Appraisal (Housing)

Preferred Housing Sites (Oct 2006)

• Sustainability Appraisal Report (pdf 693KB)
• Appendix 1 (Bearpark - New Brancepeth) (pdf 2.85MB)
• Appendix 1 (Neville's Cross - Witton Gilbert and VIllage Regeneration Sites) (pdf 2.66MB)

Preferred Options (Strategy) (Sept 2005)

• Planning for Housing Sustainability Appraisal (Main Report) (pdf 146KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 1 (Housing Numbers) (pdf 351KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 2 (Housing Location) (pdf 341KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 3 (Housing in Villages) (pdf 259KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 4 (Brownfield or Greenfield) (pdf 276KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 5 (Affordable Housing 1) (pdf 438KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 6 (Affordable Housing 2) (pdf 407KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 7 (Planning Obligations) (pdf 304KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 8 (Balanced Communities) (pdf 317KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 9 (Housing in Countryside) (pdf 248KB)
• Appraisal of Issue 10 (Housing of Travellers and Gypsies) (pdf 235KB)

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Planning for Employment

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Sustainability Appraisal (Employment)

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Planning for the City Centre and Retailing

Preferred Options (August 2006)

• Planning for the City Centre and Retailing Chapters 1-10 (pdf 4.33MB)
• Planning for the City Centre and Retailing Chapters 11 & 12 (pdf 4.24MB)
• Statement of Proposal Matters (pdf 35.9KB)

Issues and Alternative Options (July 2005)

• City Centre Issues and Alternative Options (pdf 123KB)

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Sustainability Appraisal (City Centre & Retailing)

Preferred Options (August 2006)

• Planning for the City Centre and Retailing SA Report (pdf 613KB)
• Planning for the City Centre and Retailing SA Appendices (pdf 7.03MB)

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Planning for our Heritage

Issues and Alternative Options (Oct 2006)

• Planning for our Heritage (Issues and Alternative Options) (pdf 362KB)
• Issues and Alternative Options Consultation Responses (pdf 196KB)

Preferred Options (August 2007)

• Planning for our Heritage Preferred Options Report (pdf 365KB)

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Sustainability Appraisal (Heritage)

• Planning for our Heritage Sustainability Appraisal Report (pdf 318KB)
• Sustainability Appraisal Appendices (pdf 252KB)

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Provision of Public Art as Part of Major New in Major Development Schemes (Supplementary Planning Document)

Adopted Version (August 2006)

• Provision of Public Art as Part of Major New Development Schemes SPD (pdf 67.6KB)
• Adoption Statement (pdf 29.1KB)
• Summary of Main Issues Raised from Consultation (pdf 67.1KB)

Sustainability Appraisal (Provision of Public Art)

• Provision of Public Art SA (Main Report) (pdf 88.4KB)
• Provision of Public Art SA Appendices (pdf 218KB)

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Provision of Affordable Housing (Supplementary Planning Document)

Draft Version (March 2007)

• Provision of Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (PDF 177KB)
• Sustainability Appraisal Report (PDF 94.2KB)
• Sustainability Appraisal Appendices (PDF 812KB)

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Getting Involved in Planning (Statement of Community Involvement)

• Submission Draft Statement of Community Involvement: Getting Involved in Planning (pdf 1.67MB)
• Notice of Submission (pdf 27.3 KB)
• Statement of Consultation (pdf 562KB)

The below document sets out the responses received and a summary of the main issues raised following the previous consultation period.

• Responses to Submission Draft Statement of Community Involvement (pdf 862KB)

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Local Development Scheme

Local Development Scheme (updated March 2007)

• Local Development Scheme March 2007 (pdf 391KB)

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Annual Monitoring Report

Annual Monitoring Report (2006/7)

Annual Monitoring Report 2006/7 (pdf 1.55MB)

Annual Monitoring Report (2005/6)

• Annual Monitoring Report 2005/6 (pdf 7.68MB)
• Appendix 1 - Revised timetable for producing LDF (pdf 37KB)
• Appendix 2 - Local Plan/LDF Monitoring Indicators (pdf 84KB)
• Appendix 3 - Maps and Graphs (pdf 3.54MB)
• Appendix 4 - Residential completions data (pdf 534KB)
• Appendix 5 - City Centre, District Centres and Local Centres Use Class data (pdf 459KB)
• Appendix 6 - Employment Land data (pdf 51KB)

Annual Monitoring Report (2004/5)

• Annual Monitoring Report 2004/5 (pdf 2.9MB)
• Appendix 1 - Revised timetable for producing LDF (pdf 221 KB)
• Appendix 2 - Local Plan/LDF Monitoring Indicators (pdf 112KB)
• Appendix 3 - Monitoring Maps and Graphs (pdf 2.3MB)
• Appendix 4 - Community Facilities by settlement (pdf 51KB)
• Appendix 5 - Residential Completions data (pdf 419KB)
• Appendix 6 - City Centre, District Centres and Local Centres Use Class data (pdf 225KB)
• Appendix 7 - Employment Land data (pdf 115KB)

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Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (July 2005)

• Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (Consultation Draft) (pdf 405KB)
• Appendix 1- Other plans and programmes(pdf 266KB)
• Appendix 2- Baseline data (pdf 867KB)
• Appendix 3- Durham ecological footprint (pdf 35KB)

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How to purchase a document

If you would like to purchase any of the above documents please send a cheque for the appropriate amount made payable to "Durham City Council" to:

Development Plans City of Durham Council c/o 17 Claypath Durham DH1 1RH

Planning for Housing Preferred Options	£20
Planning for Housing Issues & Alternative Options	£10
Sustainability Appraisal (Housing Preferred Options)	£30
Planning for the City Centre and Retailing Preferred Options	£15
Sustainability Appraisal (City Centre Preferred Options	£30
City Centre Issues & Alternative Options	£10
Provision of Public Art SPD	£5
Getting Involved in Planning (Submission Draft)	£5
Annual Monitoring Report 2005/6	£20
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (Consultation Draft)	£10

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Other pages you may find useful

• Local development framework (PID 856)
• Development control (PID 608)
• Gypsy and traveller sites (PID 655)