About the Local Plan

Local Plans are a legal requirement.

If we don't produce a Local Plan, we will have no control over the development that is carried out in South Tyneside.

This may result in unsustainable, unplanned and piecemeal developments across the borough, which do not have the necessary infrastructure in place to support them.

Without an up-to-date plan, the government may decide to intervene and take over the writing of the Local Plan.

South Tyneside's existing plan

The South Tyneside Local Development Framework (LDF) is the current Development Plan document for the borough.

However, these documents are out of date, and do not reflect the government's National Planning Policy Framework.

A new Local Plan is needed to replace the LDF.