The plan, which the Council said it expects to be in place by 2015, identifies a total of 62 sites for housing across the City for the next 15 years, including two large sites for potential new development.
The Council said that Holme Hill, which is located to the south east of York, has potential for 5,580 homes over 25 years and that Clifton Gate to the north of Clifton Moor has potential for 4,020 new homes over 25 years.
The plan proposes to create a permanent green belt which the Council said was aimed at ensuring that the City's boundaries are protected until 2040. It said that pockets of safeguarded land would be excluded from the green belt for longer term development need.
The plan also identifies 20 employment sites for future development, including York's city centre, York Central and Monks Cross.
"We recognise that the biggest challenge for York is the city’s need for affordable housing," said Council leader James Alexander in a statement. "Having met with the Minister for Planning, Nick Boles MP, I’m pleased that he agrees with our push for economic growth through an ambitious Local Plan."
“We’ve taken the tough decision to allocate 1.8 per cent of draft green belt land for development in order to meet the needs of our rapidly growing city and deliver key developments such as York Central, and to deliver jobs, homes and protect York’s unique built environment for future generations,” Alexander said.
“We need to unblock York’s house building market and address the lack of affordable housing," said Cabinet Member for health, housing and adult social services Tracey Simpson-Laing.
"Whilst ambitious, the proposals will respond directly to calls for this from residents and the third sector. We are committed to building a fair and inclusive city and the Local Plan needs to be an absolute reflection of that,” she said.
The Council said that a 'Preferred Options Draft Report' will go before its Cabinet at a special meeting on 30 April. If approved, the proposals will be opened up to the public for an eight week consultation.
