North Tyneside Local Plan Adopted July 2017 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents North Tyneside Local Plan 1. Introduction 7 The Local Plan 13 2. A Picture Of North Tyneside 15 3. Vision and Objectives 18 Vision and Objectives 18 4. North Tyneside's Strategy for the 22 Sustainable Development of the Borough Interpreting the Spatial Strategy through 22 Delivery of the Plan Spatial Strategy 22 Green Belt, Safeguarded Land and Local Green 27 Space Supporting Neighbourhood Plans 31 5. Economy 33 Economic Development 33 New Employment Land 39 6. Retail and Town Centres 52 Retail and Town Centres 52 Supporting competitive town centres 52 Future retail and leisure demand 55 Town Centre Development 59 Development within town centres 61 Local Facilities 67 7. Housing 71 New Housing 71 Type of Housing: Housing Provision for a 104 Diverse Borough Existing Housing Condition 115 Provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling 118 Showpeople North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents 8. The Natural Environment 120 Green Infrastructure 120 Biodiversity and Geodiversity 122 Soil and Agricultural Land Quality 127 Trees and Woodland 128 Water Environment 128 Coastal Erosion 133 Minerals 134 Contaminated Land, Unstable Land and 137 Pollution 9. The Built and Historic Environment 140 High Quality Design 140 The Historic Environment and Heritage Assets 143 10. Infrastructure 148 Infrastructure Delivery and Viability 148 Connectivity and Transport 150 Business support, skills and training 164 Energy Production and Distribution 165 Waste Management 166 Community Infrastructure 170 Telecommunications – Broadband, mobile 172 phone masts and equipment 11. Area Specific Strategies 175 Wallsend and Willington Quay Sub Area 175 Introduction 175 Retail and Town Centre 178 Green Space 180 Transport and Movement 181 Public Realm and Historic Environment 184 North Shields Sub Area Strategy 188 Introduction 188 Fish Quay and New Quay 190 Retail and Town Centre 191 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents Coastal Sub Area Strategy 193 Introduction 193 Visitors to the Coast 197 Residential Institutions in Whitley Bay 203 Coastal Green Links 204 Transport 204 North West Villages Sub Area Strategy 205 Introduction 205 Improving Image and Identity 208 Sustainble Transport and Traffic Management 211 Former Engineering Research Centre, Killingworth 212 12. Implementation and Monitoring 214 13. Glossary 217 14. Appendix 229 List of Policies S1.1 Spatial Strategy for Sustainable Development 24 S1.2 Spatial Strategy for Health and Well-being 26 DM1.3 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable 26 Development S1.4 General Development Principles 27 S1.5 The Green Belt 28 DM1.6 Positive uses within the Green Belt 29 S1.7 Safeguarded Land 30 DM1.8 Development within the Safeguarded Land 30 AS1.9 Local Green Space at Killingworth Open Break 31 S1.10 Supporting Neighbourhood Planning 31 S2.1 Economic Growth Strategy 36 S2.2 Provision of Land for Employment Development 41 DM2.3 Development Affecting Employment Land and 48 Buildings DM2.4 Employment Land Development Outside 49 Available or Existing Employment Land AS2.5 River Tyne North Bank 50 AS2.6 A19(T) Economic Corridor 51 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents S3.1 Competitive Centres 53 S3.2 Hierarchy of Centres 54 S3.3 Future Retail Demand 59 DM3.4 Assessment of Town Centre Uses 61 DM3.5 Primary Shopping Area 62 DM3.6 Local Facilities 68 DM3.7 Hot Food Take-aways 70 S4.1 Strategic Housing 73 S4.2(a) Housing Figures 74 S4.2(b) Ensuring a Sufficient Supply of Housing Land 74 S4.3 Distribution of Housing Development Sites 80 S4.4 (a) Murton Strategic Allocation Concept Plan 94 S4.4 (b) Killingworth Moor Strategic Allocation 96 Concept Plan S4.4 (c) Applications for Delivery of the Strategic 98 Allocations DM4.5 Criteria for New Housing Development 103 DM4.6 Range of Housing Types and Sizes 106 DM4.7 Affordable Housing 110 DM4.8 Specialist Housing 111 DM4.9 Housing Standards 113 DM4.10 Houses in Multiple Occupation 115 S4.11 Improving the Quality of Existing Housing Stock 116 DM4.12 Provision for Gypsies, Travellers and 118 Travelling Showpeople S5.1 Strategic Green Infrastructure 120 DM5.2 Protection of Green Infrastructure 121 DM5.3 Green Space Provision and Standards 122 S5.4 Biodiversity and Geodiversity 123 DM5.5 Managing effects on Biodiversity and 124 Geodiversity DM5.6 Management of International Sites 125 DM5.7 Wildlife Corridors 126 DM5.8 Soil and Agricultural Land Quality 127 DM5.9 Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows 128 S5.10 Water Quality 129 S5.11 Water Management 129 DM5.12 Development and Flood Risk 130 DM5.13 Flood Reduction Works 131 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents DM5.14 Surface Water Run off 132 DM5.15 Sustainable Drainage 132 S5.16 Coastal Erosion 134 DM5.17 Minerals 135 DM5.18 Contaminated and Unstable Land 138 DM5.19 Pollution 139 DM6.1 Design of Development 140 DM6.2 Extending Existing Buildings 141 DM6.3 Advertisements and Signage 142 S6.4 Improving Image 142 S6.5 Heritage Assets 144 DM6.6 Protection, Preservation and Enhancement of 145 Heritage Assets DM6.7 Archaeological Heritage 147 S7.1 General Infrastructure and Funding 148 DM7.2 Development Viability 149 S7.3 Transport 153 DM7.4 New Development and Transport 155 DM7.5 Employment and Skills 164 DM7.6 Renewable Energy and Low-Carbon 165 Technologies S7.7 Waste Management 167 DM7.8 Protection of Waste Facilities 167 DM7.9 New Development and Waste 169 S7.10 Community Infrastructure 171 DM7.11 Telecommunications – Broadband, mobile 173 phone masts and equipment AS8.1 The Wallsend and Willington Quay Sub Area 177 AS8.2 The Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend 178 AS8.3 Portugal Place and High Street West, Wallsend 180 AS8.4 Key Green Spaces in Wallsend and Willington 181 Quay AS8.5 Transport and Accessibility in Wallsend and 182 Willington Quay AS8.6 Improving Movement in Wallsend and Willington 183 Quay AS8.7 Wallsend High Street Improvements 184 AS8.8 Wallsend Town Centre Public Realm and 185 Conservation Area North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 Contents AS8.9 Segedunum Roman Fort and Hadrian's Wall 186 World Heritage Site AS8.10 Town Hall, Police Court, Fire Station and 187 Public Baths AS8.11 The North Shields Sub Area 189 AS8.12 Fish Quay and New Quay 190 AS8.13 The Beacon Centre and Wider Regeneration 191 of North Shields Town Centre AS8.14 North Shields Town Centre Public Realm 192 AS8.15 The Coastal Sub Area 196 AS8.16 Tourism and Visitor Accommodation at the 197 Coast AS8.17 Visitor Attractions and Activities at the Coast 198 AS8.18 The Spanish City 200 AS8.19 Whitley Bay Town Centre Public Realm 201 AS8.20 Coastal Evening Economy: Whitley Bay and 203 Tynemouth AS8.21 Residential Institutions in Whitley Bay 203 AS8.22 Coastal Green Links 204 AS8.23 Coastal Transport 205 AS8.24 The North West Villages Sub Area 207 AS8.25 North West Villages Public Realm 209 AS8.26 Opportunity Sites in the North West Villages 210 AS8.27 Sustainable Transport and Traffic Management 212 for the North West Villages AS8.28 Former Engineering Research Centre 213 S9.1 Local Plan Implementation and Monitoring 215 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 7 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction Purpose of this Local Plan 1.1 This document is the Local Plan for North Tyneside. 1.2 The Local Plan sets out the Council's policies and proposals to guide planning decisions and establishes the framework for the sustainable growth and development of North Tyneside up to 2032. 1.3 The Local Plan covers a range of matters including the number of new homes that are needed and where they should be located; the amount and proposed location of new employment land; protection and improvement of important open areas and provision of new ones; provision of new infrastructure and improvement of town centres and community facilities in the Borough. 1.4 The Local Plan has been prepared taking into consideration: The comments received during consultation on draft versions. Robust evidence. National, regional and local policy and guidance. Why Prepare a Local Plan? 1.5 North Tyneside Council as a Local Planning Authority (LPA) has a responsibility to produce documents for its area that set out its policies for the development and use of land. The Local Plan, also known as a development plan, is the most important of these, including allocations of land for development and general planning policies. 1.6 The Local Plan is the starting point for the consideration of planning applications for the development and use of land. It is therefore an important tool to give certainty to residents and businesses about North Tyneside's preferences and expectations for development in making the Borough a sustainable, attractive and prosperous place to live and work. 1.7 Ensuring that North Tyneside has an up-to-date Local Plan is therefore very important to enable the local community and Council to help shape and have a say on the way decisions are taken on applications for development in the Borough. The Local Plan and National Planning Policy 1.8 The key aims for planning in England that the North Tyneside Local Plan is required to conform with are set out within the National Planning Policy Framework 2012 (NPPF). The NPPF sets out within a single document the principles and objectives that are required to underpin approaches to plan-making and development management. 1.9 Central to this within the NPPF is the "presumption in favour of sustainable development" that establishes in general terms that: 8 North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside Local Plan 2017 1 1 Introduction a.