The Oldvicarage,Bondgate,Helmsley,Yorkyo62 5BP

North YorkMoorsNationalParkAuthority

The OldVicarage,Bondgate,Helmsley,YorkYO62 5BP

Local Plan – Current Thinking
Please fill out this form if you want to answer any or all of the thirteen questions we have posed as part of our Local Plan ‘Current Thinking’ consultation. There’s also space at the back for any other comments you wish to make.
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Question 1: Do you agree with the proposed 3-tier settlement hierarchy? If not, please give your reasons and tell us which alternative you would prefer.

Question 2: Do you agree with the overall approach to housing policy set out below? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternatives you would prefer.

Question 3: Do you have any views on the amount of housing that we should be looking to allow in the coming years?

Question 4: Do you agree that new open market housing development should be limitedto Helmsley and not permittedin any of the Villages? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternative you would prefer.

Question 5: Do you agree that the existing affordable housing exception site policy should be continued? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternative you would prefer.

Question 6: Do you have any views on whether we should apply local occupancy restrictions and if so on our suggested way forward? Please give your reasons or tell us what alternative you would prefer.

Question 7: Do you agree that there should be size restrictions for new local needs housing and that large extensions should be resisted? Do you agree with the proposed limits? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternative you would prefer.

Question 8: Do you agree that we should introduce some more flexibility to policy on conversion of rural buildings so that they don’t have to be historic and can be used for local occupancy housingfor owner occupation as well as renting? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternative you would prefer?

Question 9: Do you agree with the approach to infill development that we are suggesting? If not, please give your reasons and tell us what alternative you would prefer.

Question 10: Are you aware of any sites that are either previously developed or ‘brownfield’ or where redevelopment would improve the character and appearance of the National Park?

Question 11: Do you agree with the types of land that we are proposing to identify as Community Spaces? If not, are there any types that you would like to see added or removed?

Question 12: Do you support the identification of Important Undeveloped Spaces? Do you have any views on the criteria we have used or whether others may be more suitable?

Question 13: Have we identified the rights areas? Have we missed any?

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