Page last updated 11th October 2025
Following recent meetings and subsequent discussions with the Working Group we compiled and submitted prior to the deadline, the list of Verbal hearing sessions that they will be attending along with the named Members of the Group who will be speaking during them.
The Group will now be working on the written responses to the Matters, Issues and Questions that the Inspector has highlighted.
These will be submitted prior to the second deadline date of 5:00 PM on 24th October.
If any resident would also like to make an additional individual representation, which must be based on the Matters, Issues and Questions that the Inspector has highlighted, then they can do so but it must be forwarded to Annette Feeney (Programme Officer) again by the same deadline date.
Only those who made representations during the initial Consultation period between Jan 15th 2024 and March 3rd 2024 can do so.
If anyone wants details of the Matters, Issues and Questions (15th September 2025) as well as additional information, please click on this link: 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
South Tyneside Council has published their responses to all of the Action Points arising from the Stage One Hearings related to the Examination in Public of the South Tyneside Local Plan. The Working Group is now preparing for the Stage two hearings which will take place in mid-November.
Over the next few weeks we will be working through both the STC Reports as well as the Matters, Issues and questions raised by the Independent Inspector Mr. Spencer, in order to put the best case forward to stop the planned development on the Fellgate Green Belt.
Members of the Working Group will be making verbal representations during all relevant sessions.
Residents who made representations during the Initial Consultation between January 15th and March 3rd 2024 can also make either an additional verbal representation or a written representation which must be related to the Stage 2 Matters, Issues and Questions which have been raised by Mr. Spencer.
There are two deadlines set which are as follows:-
If you wish to be heard at the Stage 2 hearings you should confirm this via e-mail/writing to the Programme Officer, indicating which session(s), relevant to your representations, you wish to attend, by no later than 5pm on Friday 10 October 2025.
Any written statements in response to the Inspector’s Stage 2 Matters, Issues and Questions should be submitted no later than 5pm on Friday 24 October 2025.
New and updated documents have been published on STC web site – Click here to read them
We will keep you informed via our Facebook pages and our web site, in the meantime, Please Stay Positive and by Working Together I truly believe that we can Save the Fellgate Green Belt 
STC Responses to the Inspectors Question
The source of these document can accessed by clicking this link.
Action point 12 relate to white mare pool junction : This is a must read.
Action Point 14 relates to compensatory improvements to the remaining Green Belt
Action Point 15 relates to dates for the first completion on GA2
Stage two of the Local Plan examination hearing sessions will take place in November.
Note: as of the above published date; STC has not yet updated their documentation: The hearing venue will be held in The Holiday Inn® Newcastle South hotel based in Boldon Business Park, formally known as the Clarion Hotel, Boldon Colliery.
INSP20: Draft hearings programme – The draft timetable (correct as at 15 Sept).
INSP21: Inspector’s matters, issues and questions – This describes what the inspector would like to discuss at the sessions.
INSP22: Guidance note for participants – Guidance, including deadlines, for individuals / organisations involved.
You can also view them in the Local Plan document library, within the correspondence to the Council from the inspector section.
Stage 1 – Document History:
Links to:
Post Stage 1 Hearings Letter
Stage 1 Hearing