The draft Local Plan, which allocates sites for house building, economic development and provides the basis for deciding planning applications, is set to go before councillors on Thursday, February 27.
City of York Council’s housing spokesperson Cllr Michael Pavlovic said it would protect the green belt and provide more homes and economic benefits if it is approved.
Council Leader Cllr Claire Douglas said approval would mean that work on long-awaited homes could start, boosting supply so more people could live in York.
York would get a Local Plan for the first time since the 1950s if councillors vote to approve it next Thursday.
It sets out development in York until 2038, defines the greenbelt for the first time and sets out the ways in which the city’s historic character should be protected.
Work to draft a Local Plan began in 2018 under the council’s then Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition administration.
The version set to go before councillors aims to see 20,000 new homes built over the plan’s lifetime, with sites also allocated for the expansion of employment sites including retail.
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