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York’s Neighbourhood Plan – case study
Introduction
This case study describes the innovate use of the Localism Act 2011 to develop a neighbourhood plan that guided the development at York Minster.
Published: 20 November 2025
Since its adoption in 2022, the York Minster Precinct Neighbourhood Plan has formed the policy base for a number of planning decisions that advance the Minster’s environmental and financial sustainability goals. As this includes the installation of energy efficiency measures to highly protected heritage assets, the experience at York Minster should be useful to those also aiming to make estates comprising of heritage buildings more sustainable.
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