Local Plan
Local authorities must prepare local plans for their area which set out the long term development strategy. A local plan provides the starting point for determining planning applications and guiding investment decisions. It contains planning policies and allocates sites that will provide new housing and employment opportunities.
The East Riding Local Plan Update was adopted in 2025.
Baseline and Monitoring
To prepare the next local plan, we must gather data, information and undertake a ‘survey’ of our area to help understand the issues, challenges and opportunities within the East Riding. Through this, we can identify the priorities for development and prepare a vision for the next local plan.
Click on the links below to view reports and data about out area:
Monitoring
We continually monitor development activity and the outputs from applying policies within the local plan.
Local Plan Library
In addition to the data collated above, we have also collated and prepared a range of evidence, guidance, strategies, and plans to support the preparation of the current and next local plans.
Last Updated on March 18, 2026