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