The Unitary Development Plan is the statutory development plan for the whole of the Leeds district. It provides a framework for all new developments and is used as a basis for making decisions regarding land use and planning applications.

The plan takes regard for rural and urban development as part of integrated planning policy for the whole of the metropolitan district.

Unitary Development Plan 2001

The original UDP was drawn up in the 1990s and approved in 2001.

The Plan is available via the Planning Portal as a fully interactive proposals map with full text of the relevant policies and proposals using the link to the right of the screen.

Unitary Development Plan Review 2006

The 2001 plan has been reviewed following public consultation and a public inquiry.

The Review updates the 2001 plan in several respects but much of the original 2001 plan remains unchanged. The Review therefore forms an 'alteration' to the 2001 plan rather than a 'replacement'.

The following documents are available as downloads on this page:

Content	For volumes 1 and 2
Volume 1 - sections 1/2	Introduction and content; Topics
Volume 1 - section 3	Area and site statements
Volume 2	Appendices
Proposals map	Work is underway to complete the map. This will be available May 2007.

The Leeds UDP Review (2006) forms the Development Plan for Leeds until such time as it is gradually replaced by the emerging Local Development Framework (LDF). The LDF is comprised of a number of documents, including Area Action Plans and a Core Strategy which will be adopted on a rolling programme over the next few years.