Wear Valley District Local Plan

The Local Plan is a key component of the Development Plan for the former district and is therefore a material consideration during the determination of planning applications. The Wear Valley District Local Plan is available to download from this page:

• Wear Valley District Local Plan (PDF) [3MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Map East (PDF) [3MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Map West (PDF) [4MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Inset Map Bishop Auckland (PDF) [4MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Inset Map Crook (PDF) [1MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Inset Maps 1 (PDF) [1MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Inset Maps 2 (PDF) [1MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Inset Maps 3 (PDF) [1MB]
• Wear Valley District Local Plan Proposals Inset Maps 4 (PDF) [1MB]

As of September 2007 if you are looking at any of the district local plans you will also need to look at the saved policies list to determine which policies remain valid, as not all policies have been saved and the text of the plans has not been updated.