Development Plan evidence base

This page provides access to all supporting evidence and documentation relating to the County Durham Plan.

Documents marked with a * in their reference are not accessible. Contact Strategy and Delivery (planning) if you need any documents in an alternate format.

Core documents

Reference	Document title	Date
C2 *	County Durham Plan policies map (incorporating Minerals and Waste Policies and Allocations Document) (PDF) [354MB]	2020 (amended 2024)
C2	County Durham Local Plan map	2020
C13 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (pre-submission draft) (PDF) [107MB]	2019
C13 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (pre-submission draft including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [107MB]	2019
C14 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (appendices) (PDF) [12MB]	2019
C16 *	Habitats Regulations Assessment (pre submission draft) (PDF) [128MB]	2019
C16 *	Habitats Regulations Assessment (pre submission draft including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [129MB]	2019

Reference	Document title	Date
CR1 *	Wind Turbine Evidence Paper (PDF) [13MB]	2019
CR2 *	Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (PDF) [205MB]	2018
CR3 *	Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Sequential Test (PDF) [4MB]	2019
CR4 *	Water Cycle Study (PDF) [3MB]	2018
CR5	Heritage Coast Management Plan (2018-2025) is available on the Durham Heritage Coast: the partnership page	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
E1 *	Employment Land Review (PDF) [136MB]	2018
E4	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Bishop Auckland) (PDF) [249KB]	2018
E5	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Durham City) (PDF) [279KB]	2018
E6	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Seaham) (PDF) [95KB]	2018
E7	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (rest of the county) (PDF) [121KB]	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
G1 *	Green Belt Assessment (PDF) [19MB]	2018
G2 *	Green Belt Assessment Submitted Sites (addendum) (PDF) [24MB]	2018
G3 *	Green Belt Assessment Submitted Site Proformas (PDF) [1MB]	2019
G4 *	Exceptional Circumstances (PDF) [90MB]	2019
G4 *	Exceptional Circumstances (including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [93MB]	2019
G5 *	Exceptional Circumstances (Preferred Options) (PDF) [64MB]	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
GI1 *	Open Space Needs Assessment (PDF) [6MB]	2018
GI2 *	GIS Storymap: Durham Strategic Green Infrastructure Framework	2019
GI3 *	Playing Pitch Strategy (PDF) [4MB]	2011

Reference	Document Title	Date
H1 *	County Durham Strategic Housing Market Assessment (PDF) [2MB]	2019
H2 *	Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Report (PDF) [3MB]	2019
H3	The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Map is available on our Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and Brownfield Register page.	2019
H4 *	Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (individual site assessments) (PDF) [15MB]	2019
H8 *	Local Plan Viability Testing (PDF) [5MB]	2018
H9	Local Plan Viability Testing (addendum) (PDF) [2MB]	2019
H10 *	Site Allocations Viability Appraisals Report (PDF) [5MB]	2019
H12 *	County Durham Market Review (PDF) [6MB]	2018
H14	Traveller Site Needs Assessment (PDF) [1MB]	2019
H15	Brownfield Land Register is available on our Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and Brownfield Register page.	2023
H16 *	Local Plan Viability Testing (update) (PDF) [1MB]	2023
H17 *	First Homes Assessment (draft) (PDF) [792KB]	2022

Reference	Document Title	Date
I1 *	Infrastructure Delivery Plan (PDF) [23MB]	2019
I1 *	Infrastructure Delivery Plan (including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [3MB]	2019
I2 *	Habitats Regulations Assessment Developer Guidance and Requirements (PDF) [6MB]	2019
I3 *	Securing Developer Contributions for Education (PDF) [290KB]	2017

Reference	Document Title	Date
MW1 *	Minerals Technical Paper (PDF) [17MB]	2019
MW6 *	Waste Arisings and Waste Management Capacity Model (PDF) [5MB]	2012
MW7 *	Production and Disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste in the north east of England (PDF) [1MB]	2013
MW8 *	Waste Arisings and Waste Management Capacity Model (addendum) (PDF) [1MB]	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
N1 *	North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Draft Management Plan (PDF) [18MB] (2019-2024)	2019
N3	County Durham Landscape Strategy is available on the Durham Landscape website	2008
N4	County Durham Landscape Character Assessment is available on the Durham Landscape website	2019
N5 *	County Durham Landscape Value Assessment (PDF) [13MB]	2019
N6 *	Local Landscape Designations Review (PDF) [12MB]	2019
N7	Tree Management Policy (PDF) [490KB]	2017
N8 *	Review of Historic Parks, Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Local Interest (PDF) [111MB]	2019
N9 *	Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site Management Plan (PDF) [7MB] (2017-2023)	2017

Reference	Document Title	Date
R1 *	Retail and Town Centre Study (PDF) [10MB]	2018
R3 *	Fast Food and its Impacts on Health (PDF) [11MB]	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
S2	Settlement Study (PDF) [7MB]	2018

Reference	Document Title	Date
T1 *	Durham Local Plan Traffic Impact Report (PDF) [1MB]	2019
T1 *	Durham Local Plan Traffic Impact Report (including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [3MB]	2019
T2 *	County Durham Travel Patterns (PDF) [1MB]	2018
T3 *	Durham Transport Model Appraisal Report (PDF) [7MB]	2019
T3 *	Durham Transport Model Appraisal Report (including Minor Modifications) (PDF) [7MB]	2019
T4 *	A167 Corridor Assessment (PDF) [4MB]	2018
T15 *	Local Plan Air Quality Modelling (PDF) [7MB]	2019
T17	Durham City Sustainable Transport Delivery Plan (2019-2035) is available on our Transport policy page.	2018
T19	County Durham Strategic Cycling and Walking Delivery Plan (2019-2029) is availble on our Strategic Cycling and Walking Delivery Plan 2019-2029 page.	2019

Reference	Document Title	Date
U1 *	University Impact Study (PDF) [12MB]	2018
U2 *	Assessment of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PDF) [7MB]	2018