Page Updated 11th October 2026
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan.
Click here to see South Tyneside latest publication on the New Local Plan
Update
Here are some guidance to help you answer question 2 of the scoping consultation
URGENT REMINDER:
Can I please remind everyone that there is a New Local Plan that STC are working on which is currently subject to a Scoping Consultation which closes at Midnight on 19th October 2026.
We need as many residents as possible to Complete this.
Some of you may already have completed it. For those of you who haven’t please click on the following links:
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan – South Tyneside Local Plan – Scoping Consultation
The STC site should open where you will find links related to information on the New Local Plan. You may want to read these for background context.
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan – Baseline Data Report (2026)
South Tyneside Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Scoping Report (2026)
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan draft Engagement Strategy (2026)
Please scroll further down to Have your Say. This will give you various options on how to Complete the form. Please read the options and decide how you wish to reply.
If you click on the Placemaker: View the Scoping Consultation Report you can read the form. If you wish to Complete the form on-line you will need to register, complete it and submit it by closes at Midnight on 19th October 2026.
Clicking on the Log In / Click on Sign Up/ and then Create an Account by answering the Questions.
If you would prefer to use either an editable word document or print out a pdf version, you can complete it and email or post us your response to
Email: local.plan@southtyneside.gov.uk
Post: Spatial Planning Team, South Tyneside Council, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL
Click this link to read and download the editable documents.
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan scoping consultation report (editable version)
Documents
PDF: Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan Scoping Consultation Report (676 KB)
This is a really important Consultation as it includes questions related to future additional Green Belt release such as the following:-
8. If we need to consider Green Belt release, where should future housing be focused?
As of yet there appears to be no Planning Applications put forward by Developers for the proposed development on the Fellgate Green Belt which as you know is related to the Local Plan that was adopted by STC on 30th July.
This is a New Local Plan and we need to prevent any further release of land from the Fellgate Green Belt.
Please ensure that you help by Completing this Scoping Consultation Form and, if do you have any problems, please ask.
7th September 2026 Click on the links to be taken to South Tyneside Council Web Pages.
Notice of intention to commence local plan making
Local Plan timetable (26/06/2026 > Adopted 30/04/2028)
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan – Scoping Consultation (This page provides vital information you need to read and a link to How to Have your Say.
Delivering Ambitions: South Tyneside Local Plan – Call for Sites
Sign up for Local Plan updates (you must re-register in order to receive updates)
South Tyneside is entering a new Local Plan process with clearer stages, more formal public engagement, and earlier oversight from the Planning Inspectorate.
This matters because planning decisions on housing, sites, infrastructure, and place-shaping will increasingly depend on how well the council manages the transition between the old and new systems.
In a worst-case scenario, the planning decision may well rest with the Planning Inspectorate and not the local planning department.
Why this is important locally?
It has been published that the council will continue with the existing Local plan and will run the new Local plan at the same time. With the new council administration, many councillors are new to their role, many have limited or even no experience in how such processes work, a lot to lean with the legal requirements and implications, more importantly the pressures that they may face when communicating with their electorate.
This creates a greater risk of mixed messages regarding what land should be developed on and where.
It can also stretch officer time, consultants work, and member decision-making.
To ensure that councillors and council officers follow the rules and the law, residents and campaigners will have to track more than one consultation at once.
What residents should watch for:
- Which Local Plan is being consulted on.
- Whether a site is being treated as confirmed, emerging, or still under review.
- Whether the council as a whole clearly explains how one plan affects the other.
- Whether there is enough time and clarity for you to understand what is proposed, its implications, the effect on your local area and allowing you to comment properly.
- Clear separation of the legacy plan issues from the new plan risks and issues.
It is mandatory that clear and transparent updates are provided via a communications facility that is available to everyone, is easy to navigate, provides a clear and concise document naming and history management, and a facility with extensive search facilities. Based on the issues attributed to the previous on-line web-site and social media service, this new or update facility does not exist.
It must not repeat the complexity of the old system that created duplication, lack of a document history timeline, the lack document inter-relationships and user help-line service that was not fit for purpose. These and other failures of the services, confused many residences, who just gave up as they were stonewalled by council officials. (in reality public facing council officials were not in a position to help the public as it was clear that they were just as confused).
The council must provide clarity on all contested sites, housing numbers, housing classification, and infrastructure provision / assumptions and specific requirements
For South Tyneside Council members:
The biggest risk is confusion.
Residents should expect clearer publication, clearer explanations, and better signposting from the council so that public is informed throughout the process, allowing for clear representations, which are properly recorded and timely actioned where required.
Watch this space, as we will provide a detailed process map, actions and expected outputs. Further information on the new Local Plan will be published on this page in due course.
If you want to make a comment or ask any related questions, please click here and fill in the form.