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Plan Your Borough… PLAN YOUR BOROUGH… Planning the Future of South Tyneside Shaping Our Future: The New Development Plan for Your Borough Strategic Land Review Consultation Responses Summary – Additional and Amended Sites Submitted for Consideration October 2016 Forward Planning Team Development Services South Tyneside Council, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE33 2RL Telephone: (0191) 424 7688 E-mail: [email protected] Visit: www.southtyneside.gov.uk/localplan Additional and Amended Sites Submitted for Consideration Sites and Locations specifically mentioned to (re-)consider for potential development: Many of these site/location suggestions have already been assessed in the Strategic Land Review, with several already being allocated development sites in the current Local Development Framework… re-use/convert empty buildings and space above town centre shops South Shields town centre – Fowler Street, land west of Fowler Street, town hall car park, former B&Q site South Shields riverside – Commercial Road, Laygate, Middle Docks, Harton Staithes, former Brigham/Cowans Docks Tyne Dock area land at Simonside industrial estate land at Temple Park (OSS48) land adjacent King George Road beside Temple Park and South Shields Community School land at southern end of Whiteleas Way land at Chuter Ede land at Wark Crescent, Jarrow Jarrow riverside – former Rohm & Haas, Mercantile Docks and Shell UK sites Argyle Street, Hebburn Victoria Road West (former Siemens), Hebburn land either side of A184 between Testos and White Mare Pool (including FG18, BC18) – ‘garden village’ eg. near Follingsby Park (including FG22) West Boldon fields between New Road and railway line (BC2, BC58) East Boldon sites close to Metro station – Cleadon Lane industrial estate, adjacent O’Briens, Mayflower Glass/Gordon Durham’s land north of Sunderland Road, East Boldon, around cricket club and Greyhound Stadium land west of Cleadon former Cleadon Village school land at Whitburn Lodge, on Whitburn coastal park, Marsden Avenue (WH13), and along Lizard Lane (WH11, WH17) redevelop cemeteries (post-50yrs) 2 New/alternative sites and amended boundaries submitted for consideration: Many of these site suggestions have already been assessed in the Strategic Land Review (albeit perhaps with slightly different site boundaries) and/or previous Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) studies… Cushman & Wakefield for Royal Mail – land at West Walpole Street, South Shields (* now permitted): BNP Paribas for South Tyneside College – land at Westoe campus (potential release of some surplus land and playing fields within OSS16): South Tyneside Homes – backland sites at: o Ayrey Avenue, Simonside (assessed in the SHLAA as suitable and potentially developable) 3 o Dumfries Crescent/Moffat Avenue, Scotch Estate, Jarrow (assessed in the SHLAA as unsuitable) o Belloc Avenue/Galsworthy Road, Biddick Hall (assessed in the SHLAA as unsuitable) o Brooke’s Walk/Gibbons Walk, Biddick Hall (filtered out of Urban Capacity Study as not appropriate, and thus not carried forward into the SHLAA) o Horton Avenue, Whiteleas (assessed in the SHLAA as unsuitable) 4 o Moreland Road, Whiteleas (assessed in the SHLAA as unsuitable) o Winskell Road/Henderson Road, Simonside (assessed in the SHLAA as unsuitable) Network Rail – land alongside Tyne Dock mineral line at: o Green Lane bridge 5 o Brockley Whins/rear Chaucer Avenue (part OSS39) South Tyneside Council – preferred boundary for land to be protected from development at Perth Green Community Centre and Jarrow FC (JA33/JA34): 6 WYG for Partner Construction Ltd – land at Leamside, Primrose, Jarrow (part JA43) : South Tyneside Council – land at: o near Hedworth Lane railway bridge, Jarrow (recently used for Network Rail works) o alongside A19 between Hedworth Lane and Moorfield/Foxhomes, Jarrow 7 o facing Calf Close Walk, Jarrow (part FG26): NLP for Olnato Ltd – land at Ashworth Frazer Industrial Estate, Hebburn (part H14): Lambert Smith Hampton – land at Mill Lane/Leam Lane, Hebburn (part FG12): 8 Big Tree Planning for Norman Keenleyside – land at Follonsby Terrace, Wardley (part FG22): Savills for Dean & Chapter of Durham – land south of Fellgate (part FG16 + part FG17): NLP for Taylor Wimpey – land south of Fellgate (part FG16 + part FG17): 9 NLP for JK Property Consultants – land at Laverick Hall Farm, south of Fellgate (part FG16): Barton Willmore for Church Commissioners – land at: o South of Fellgate/Hedworth (FG18 + part FG17) o Crow Garth, West Boldon (part BC16) 10 o South of the Boldons (BC27, BC28 + parts BC31, BC32, BC33) o East of Sunderland Road, East Boldon (parts BC31, BC32) o Cleadon North Farm (parts BC45, BC46) 11 o South of Cleadon Lane, Cleadon (part BC53) o East of Sunderland Road, Cleadon (part BC53) 12 o Wellands Lane, Whitburn (part WH18) o North of Moor Lane, Whitburn (part WH7) o Glebe Farmstead and South of Moor Lane, Whitburn (WH25, WH26 + part WH28) 13 Barton Willmore for Galliford Try – land at Cleadon Grange, Shields Road, Cleadon (part BC47): England Lyle Good – land at Red Lodge, Sunniside Lane, Cleadon (part BC51): Persimmon Homes / Charles Church – land north of Cleadon Lane, Cleadon (part BC51): 14 Story Homes – land at: o south of Moor Lane, Cleadon (part BC43) o land at Moor Lane, Whitburn (part WH28) Bilfinger GVA for Avant Homes (North East) – land at: o Wellands Farm, Lizard Lane/Wellands Lane, Whitburn (parts WH17): 15 o Hylton Lane, West Boldon (part BC19) Bilfinger GVA for Bellway Homes – land south of Boldon (part BC28): CCL Chan Property Group for Janis Phipps-Clark – land at former MoD Bunkers & Medical Stores, Green Lane, East Boldon (BC30 + part BC31): 16 Barton Willmore for Gentoo Homes – land at Moor Lane/Station Approach, East Boldon (part BC36): Anon – land at Natley Avenue/Sunderland Road, East Boldon (parts BC32, BC33, BC34): South Tyneside Council – land at former Boldon CE Primary School, Don Gardens, West Boldon (brownfield part of BC13 only): 17 NLP Hellens Group – land at Town End Farm, Sunderland (part BC18 + BC54): IDPartnership Northern – land at Town End Farm, Sunderland (part BC18): 18 19 To find out more about the Local Plan, please contact: Forward Planning Team Development Services South Tyneside Council Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE33 2RL Telephone: (0191) 424 7688 E-mail: [email protected] Visit: www.southtyneside.gov.uk/localplan If you know someone who would like this information in a different format contact the communications team on (0191) 424 7385 .
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