Local Plan documents, assessments and evidence

Overview

This page includes all our documentation and supporting evidence used for producing the draft Local Plan.

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Key documents

Evidence Papers

Housing Evidence

Strategic Housing Market Assessment

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2022

Housing Density Study

Stage 1 Green Belt Review Exceptional Circumstances 2022

Stage 2 Green Belt Review Site Assessments

Stage 3 Green Belt Review

South Tyneside Site Frameworks (2022)

Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showperson Accommodation Assessment 2021

Economic Evidence

Employment Land Review 2019

Employment Land Technical Paper

South Tyneside Economic Assessment (Dec 2021)

Town Centre and District Centre Use Study (2018)

Natural Environment Evidence

Site Selection Topic Paper

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2022

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2022: Detailed Maps

Sequential Flood Test

Wildlife Corridors Review 2020

Playing Pitch Mitigation - Site Search Methodology

South Tyneside Playing Pitch Strategy (2019)

Non-Breeding Bird Survey of the South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham Coast 2019 / 2020 (April 2020)

South Tyneside and Sunderland Coast Visitor Survey Analysis (Jan 2021)

The Air Quality Annual Status Report (June 2020) 

Wader Survey - South Tyneside (2020)

Open Space Update Addendum (2019)

South Tyneside Open Space Assessment Report (2015)

South Tyneside Open Space Standards Paper (2015)

Wind Development Study (2022)

Coastal Designation Justification (2022)

South Tyneside Landscape Character Study (Part I & II) and Landscape Sensitivity to Wind Power Development (Part III) (2012)

Climate Change Evidence

Climate Change Topic Paper

South Tyneside Carbon Audit (2021)

Infrastructure and Viability Evidence

 

Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2022)

Traffic Assessment (2022)

Large Greenbelt Release Accessibility Report 2021

Large Greenbelt Release - Aimsun Testing 2021

A194 / A184 White Mare Pool Emerging Pressures - White Mare Pool Junction Study (December 2021)

Local Plan Viability Testing (Dec 2021)

Local Plan Viability Testing: Appendices 1-9

Local Plan Viability Testing: Appendix 10

Local Plan Viability Testing: Appendices 11 - 21

Joint Local Aggregates Assessment (April 2022)

Built Environment Evidence

Heritage Impact Assessment

Site Allocations

Brownfield Land Register Guidance Notes

Brownfield Land Register