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We will continue the fight to save the Fellgate Green Belt from 1,200 homes.
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Stage two Hearings: Streamed on YouTube: Click the session to watch:
Matter 6: Issue 1 & 2 – Housing Allocations in the Main Urban Area & Regeneration Sites – Tuesday 13
Matter 7: Issue 1 – Securing Sustainable Residential Development – Wednesday 14th Jan
Matter 9: Issue 1,2 & 3 – Climate Change, Water & Health – Wednesday 14th Jan
Residual Matters from stage 1 and Matter 7 Issue 2 – sufficient supply of homes Thursday 15th Jan
Below are the days that members of the Save the Fellgate Green Belt Working Group will be making verbal representations:
Wednesday 14th January 2:00 PM start
Thursday 15th January 09:30 AM start
Thursday 15th January 2:00 PM start
Friday 16th January 9.30 AM Start
All of the above sessions are relevant to the Save the Fellgate Green Belt Campaign but the most crucial day is Thursday 15th January.
The Hearings will all be held at the Holiday Inn (Formerly the Clarion Hotel), Boldon Business Park: NE35 9PE which is situated close to Asda Boldon (just past McDonalds/Boldon Cinema/Story Book).
Please attend and show your support if you can. Anyone attending can then leave at an appropriate time during the hearings.
Please Stay Positive, Stay Strong and by Working Together We Can Save the Fellgate Green Belt 
Click here for the live streaming sessions of the stage two Hearings which start next Monday 12th January
As always, and for completeness all documents are available via this link:
Latest news – South Tyneside Council
New document added to the Library Sewage discharges (South Tyneside)
Members of Save the Fellgate Green Belt Group will be in attendance
IMPORTANT UPDATE: A letter was sent to the Examination Inspector Mr Spencer on 24th November, from Savills who are acting on behalf of Laverick Hall Farm and Durham Cathedral.
The letter challenged the Appendices that had been added to the Save the Fellgate Green Belt Groups responses, added as part of the additional questions that had been asked by the Inspector Mr Spencer. These were related to Air quality and Public Health concerns for current and future Fellgate residents (MIQ7.46 and MIQ7.47)
Click here to Read the STFGB submission sent to the Inspector
The Inspector Mr Spencer responded directly to Savills on 1st December 2025. I thank him for doing so.
You can read both letters by clicking on this link
Click here to read all of the Latest New as Published on South Tyneside web site
Change of procedure for Week 1 of the Stage 2 Hearings
Following representation from members of the group and others the hearings have been put back until w/c 12th and 19th January all of which will be in person.
Stage 2 hearing Statements have now been published and updated: click here to read them
The inspector has published an updated to the stage 2 hearing programme:
INSP24: Stage 2 – click here to read the Draft hearings programme (21 October 2025)
INSP25: Stage 2 – click here to read the Draft virtual hearing notes for participants (21 October 2025)
Please click on this link to review: Inspectors Matters, Issues and Questions Stage 2
In the meantime please Stay Positive and by Working Together we truly believe that we can Save the Fellgate Green Belt
We need your donations to help pay for the ongoing cost.
Please donate what ever you can, every penny collected will go to pay for this work.
If you donate, we thank you very much and if you support us we thank you just as much.
The groups business bank account is as follows:-
Account Name: FELLGATE GREEN BELT GROUP:
Account Number: 62288504:
Sort Code 55-50-34
Once we’ve Saved the Fellgate Green Belt any additional funds raised will be donated to a Charity at a later date. We all care about protecting our community, the Fellgate Green Belt and stopping inappropriate development.
Please donate if you can as every contribution no matter the size, brings us closer to our goal and makes a real difference. If anyone has any concerns or queries please send a personal message and we will reply. Please stay positive as I truly believe that we can Save the Fellgate Green Belt
Fellgate stands as a haven amidst the urban sprawl of Jarrow, Hebburn and Sunderland Tyne and Wear. A bastion of greenery and fertile farmland. It now faces the relentless march of urbanisation, which brings pollution, increases flooding, destroys wild life, decimates bio diversity, will end generations of farming with a loss of vital jobs and increases traffic congestion along the major roads towards White Mare Pool. This remaining green belt is not just soil, crops and grass; it’s a crucial sanctuary for diverse life forms, a purveyor of fresh air, and a vital link for our community to nature’s bounty. Yet, this sanctuary is now imperilled, threatened by the looming spectre of development.
We implore your aid in its defence.
