In 1990 the Parish Council developed a Village Design Statement (VDS) which set out the views of residents of Bramhope and made recommendations for the local planning authority, builders and devleopers to act on when considering proposals for new housing an d other developments in and around the village. Leeds City Council agreed that the VDS should be adopted as providing Supplementary Planning Guidance to the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (UDP) and that its recommendations should be read in conjunction with the relevant UDP policies.
Copies of the Village Design Statement can be obtained, free of charge, from the Parish Council.