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, 354 MB)	2020 (amended 2024)
C2	County Durham Local Plan map	2020
C13 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (pre-submission draft) (PDF, 107 MB)	2019
C13 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (pre-submission draft including Minor Modifications) (PDF, 107 MB)	2019
C14 *	Sustainability Appraisal Report (appendices) (PDF, 12 MB)	2019
C16 *	Habitats Regulations Assessment (pre submission draft) (PDF, 128 MB)	2019
C16 *	Habitats Regulations Assessment (pre submission draft including Minor Modifications) (PDF, 129 MB)	2019

Reference	Document title	Date
CR1 *	Wind Turbine Evidence Paper (PDF, 13 MB)	2019
CR2 *	Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (PDF, 205 MB)	2018
CR3 *	Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Sequential Test (PDF, 4 MB)	2019
CR4 *	Water Cycle Study (PDF, 3 MB)	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, 136 MB)	2018
E4	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Bishop Auckland) (PDF, 249 KB)	2018
E5	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Durham City) (PDF, 279 KB)	2018
E6	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (Seaham) (PDF, 95 KB)	2018
E7	Visit County Durham Visitor Accommodation Assessment Summary (rest of the county) (PDF, 121 KB)	2018

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

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

Reference	Document Title	Date
H1 *	County Durham Strategic Housing Market Assessment (PDF, 2 MB)	2019
H2 *	Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Report (PDF, 3 MB)	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, 15 MB)	2019
H8 *	Local Plan Viability Testing (PDF, 5 MB)	2018
H9	Local Plan Viability Testing (addendum) (PDF, 2 MB)	2019
H10 *	Site Allocations Viability Appraisals Report (PDF, 5 MB)	2019
H12 *	County Durham Market Review (PDF, 6 MB)	2018
H14	Traveller Site Needs Assessment (PDF, 1 MB)	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, 1 MB)	2023
H17 *	First Homes Assessment (draft) (PDF, 792 KB)	2022

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

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

Reference	Document Title	Date
N1 *	North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Draft Management Plan (PDF, 18 MB) (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, 13 MB)	2019
N6 *	Local Landscape Designations Review (PDF, 12 MB)	2019
N7	Tree Management Policy (PDF, 490 KB)	2017
N8 *	Review of Historic Parks, Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Local Interest (PDF, 111 MB)	2019
N9 *	Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site Management Plan (PDF, 7 MB) (2017-2023)	2017

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

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

Reference	Document Title	Date
T1 *	Durham Local Plan Traffic Impact Report (PDF, 1 MB)	2019
T1 *	Durham Local Plan Traffic Impact Report (including Minor Modifications) (PDF, 3 MB)	2019
T2 *	County Durham Travel Patterns (PDF, 1 MB)	2018
T3 *	Durham Transport Model Appraisal Report (PDF, 7 MB)	2019
T3 *	Durham Transport Model Appraisal Report (including Minor Modifications) (PDF, 7 MB)	2019
T4 *	A167 Corridor Assessment (PDF, 4 MB)	2018
T15 *	Local Plan Air Quality Modelling (PDF, 7 MB)	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, 12 MB)	2018
U2 *	Assessment of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PDF, 7 MB)	2018