Core Strategy DPD
What is the Core Strategy?
The Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) forms an essential part of the Local Plan for Bradford setting the strategic planning framework and policies to guide development within the District up to 2030.
The Core Strategy:
- sets out the broad aims and objectives for sustainable development within the Bradford District for the next 15 to 20 years until 2030.
- sets out broad policies for guiding and restraining development.
- sets out the broad locations for new housing, employment and infrastructure investment.
- covers a broad range of important policy topics, including housing, employment, transport, retail, leisure and environmental policy areas
- takes account of national and regional planning policy along with the Council’s Community Strategy.
- does not allocate specific sites for new housing and employment development.
- helps to determine planning applications.
Adopted Core Strategy
The Core Strategy was adopted by Bradford Council on 18 July 2017, after being found sound by the Inspector appointed to oversee the public examination process, subject to the inclusion of the Main Modifications set out in the Appendix to his report.
The Core Strategy forms part of the statutory Development Plan for the Bradford District and will be used in determining planning applications alongside other adopted Local Plan documents. The Council will continue to have regard to the remaining RUDP 'saved' policies.
The key stages within the production of the Core Strategy are available within the various boxes below.
A hard copy of the adopted plan has been made available at the usual deposit locations.
You can view the full version of the adopted Core Strategy (PDF, 8 Mb)
Files
- Top
- 07 Proposed Main Modifications (November 2015)
- 1 Main modifications - consultation document
- 2 Other related documents made available for reference and information
- 3 Representations
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PS G005 Statement of consultation - Proposed main modifications.pdf | 1 Mb |
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council submitted its Core Strategy Publication Draft to the Secretary of State on Friday, 12 December 2014.
The Core Strategy is currently the subject of examination by Planning Inspector Stephen Pratt BA (Hons) MRTPI.
The examination involved a series of public hearings which took place between 4 until 20 March 2015. For more information on the examination please visit the Core Strategy Examination web page .
Since the hearing sessions the Council has:
- considered selected soundness issues raised by the Inspector and participants at these sessions
- reviewed the implications of recent changes to national policy, with regard to Affordable Housing Guidance Revocation of Thresholds and the Definition of Gypsy and Travellers, and recent relevant High Court Judgements
- completed a Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment
- completed a Habitats Regulations Assessment Review
- undertaken a public consultation on the proposed Main Modifications. The documents made available at that time are available for reference at the bottom of this page
- published redacted versions of the duly made representations submitted during this consultation, available via the link below
- analysed and responded to the issues raised in the duly made representations and included these in the Statement of Consultation, available below
This page should be viewed alongside the Submission webpage from which the original submission documents may be accessed, and the Examination page where all the documents submitted by the Programme Officer/Inspector, the Council and other parties may also be accessed.
Contact details for the Programme Officer are available on the Examination page
Further Information
For further information on the Core Strategy or the current consultation, please contact the Development Plans Group on 01274 433679 or email planning.policy@bradford.gov.uk.