Strategic land review
Strategic Land Review Summary
Consultations that have taken place on the Strategic Land Review
The draft SLR was published in May 2016. The corresponding 'Plan Your Borough' consultation ran from May - July 2016, it was widely publicised with leaflets sent to every residence in South Tyneside and adverts being placed in prominent locations around the borough and in local media.
A wide range of well attended events took place including exhibition drop-in events, roundtable discussions, and presentations to both local residents and at Community Area Forums. More events were added during the course of the consultation to meet demand.
Have views been listened to
The response to the consultation was impressive, with more than 4,300 representations being received. Information and comments received as part of the consultation have helped to refine the SLR assessment framework, including the introduction of a Green Belt assessment. Relevant information about specific sites has also been included to enhance individual site assessments. Following these changes to the assessments and additional information received some SLR site assessments have changed.
Additional sites and sub-divisions of originally-assessed sites were also put forward within the responses to the consultation and have been taken account of.
This final version of the SLR is the product of the consultation with all relevant views being considered.
Giving your views on this final version of the Strategic Land Review
Relevant comments and suggestions made to the draft SLR consultation in summer 2016 have helped finalise this document, therefore, this final document will not be formally consulted upon again. However, the SLR will be one of the documents that comprise the evidence base for the emerging Local Plan. In due course, representations that are submitted to the Local Plan will have the opportunity to have their comments considered by an Independent Inspector. The Inspector's role will be to assess whether the evidence base for the Local Plan is robust.
Planning applications must also be submitted before any development can take place, which also provides an opportunity for public consultation.