The following sources constitute national, regional and County documents that are referred to in the MWDF or have been updated / finalised since the Evidence Base was submitted.

National:

• ND1 Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development
• ND2 Planning and Climate Change: Supplement to PPS 1
• ND3 Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
• ND4 Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation
• ND5 Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
• ND6 Companion Guide to PPS 10
• ND7 Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks (2004)
• ND8 Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning (2008)
• ND9 Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning and Pollution Control
• ND10 Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk
• ND11 Minerals Policy Statement 1: Planning and Minerals
• ND12 Planning and Minerals: Practice Guide
• ND13 Minerals Policy Statement 2: Controlling and Mitigating the Environmental Effects of Mineral Extraction
• ND14 Minerals Planning Guidance 7: Reclamation of Mineral Workings
• ND15 Minerals Planning Guidance 10: Provision of Raw Material for the Cement Industry
• ND16 Minerals Planning Guidance 13: Guidelines for Peat Provision in England
• ND17 Minerals Planning Guidance 15: Provision of Silica Sand in England
• ND18 National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England 2001 - 2016

Regional and Sub-regional:

• RD1 Yorkshire Dales National Park MWDF Issues and Options paper
• RD2 Lake District National Park LDF Minerals & Waste Preferred Options paper
• RD3 NWDA Climate Change Action Plan for NW
• RD4 Regional Planning Guidance for the North West (RPG13)
• RD5 The North West Plan: Submitted Draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West of England
• RD6 North West of England Spatial Strategy: The Secretary of State's Proposed Changes
• RD7 North West of England Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021
• RD8 North West of England Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 - Key Diagram
• RD9 North West of England RSS to 2021 - Summary of Representations