The Local Plan for the Bradford District

Welcome to the Local Plan page

The Local Plan Team are responsible for producing a Local Plan which guides future growth in the Bradford District. This helps us decided where and when development can take place.

The adopted Local Plan documents provide a strategic framework for all new developments within the Bradford District, and are used as a basis for making decisions on planning applications.

The Council is preparing a new Local Plan for the Bradford District, this combines the work already undertaken on the partial review of the adopted Core Strategy and the Allocations Development Plan Document.  Further information can be found under the Emerging Local Plan option below.

• Update on the Local Plan – Regulation 18 Consultation 2021
• Update on Call for Sites
• Adopted Core Strategy (2017)
• Replacement Unitary Development Plan (RUDP)