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APPENDIX D CONSULTATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THE PREFERRED OPTIONS CORE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT PROPOSED SUBMISSION DRAFT STOCKTON ON TEES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK July 2008

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Page 1: APPENDIX D CONSULTATION STATEMENT RELATING TO …1.3 The Core Strategy: Consultation Statement related to Issues and Options (September 2007) document provides information relating

APPENDIX D CONSULTATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THE

PREFERRED OPTIONS

CORE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT

PROPOSED SUBMISSION DRAFT

STOCKTON ON TEES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

July 2008

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 This statement outlines the consultation processes undertaken in the preparation of

the Council’s Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) for publication. 1.2 This statement outlines the extent of the consultation carried out with stakeholders

and the public, in addition to setting out the responses received through public consultation exercises.

Consultation related to Issues and Options for Stockton Borough 1.3 The Core Strategy: Consultation Statement related to Issues and Options (September

2007) document provides information relating to consultation at this stage, and was published as part of a suite of documents at the Preferred Options stage. This provides details of local advertisements, consultees and meetings and a summary of comments received during this process. A copy of this document can be found on the Council’s website at www.stockton.gov.uk/corestrategy or a copy obtained by contacting the Spatial Planning Team on 01642528557.

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2.0 CONSULTATION RELATED TO THE PREFERRED OPTIONS

Development of the Preferred Options. 2.1 During the development of the Council’s Preferred Options, a series of meetings were

held, or attended, to inform the Core Strategy and identify more detailed issues for the Regeneration Development Plan Document.

2.2 Internal consultation took place with the following services:

• Regeneration (regular quarterly meetings); • Building Schools for the future (monthly meetings?); • Housing; • Highways and Traffic Road Safety; • Environmental Health; • Parks and Countryside; • Environmental Policy; • Children, Education and Social Care; • Business Development; • Built and Natural Environment; • Development Management; and • Land and Property.

2.3 External meetings took place with: • Health Improvement Partnership June 2007 • One Northeast July 2007

Joint Meetings 2.4 During June and July 2007 officers from the Spatial Planning Section attended a

number of Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) meetings and other group meetings with officers preparing the Sustainable Community Strategy. Details are set out in Appendix 1.

Using other opportunities to raise awareness 2.5 In association with other services, the Spatial Planning section contributed towards

the hire of a large mobile television screen which was displaying in Stockton Town Centre. This was present during core retail hours for 6 days between the 13th and 19th September 2007. This screen displayed an advert identifying issues relating to the Local Development Framework, and advertised the forthcoming consultation on the Core Strategy Preferred Options document.

2.6 When invited, other opportunities to raise the public profile of the Core Strategy were

taken. These included attending:

• A “Tell us what you think event” for BME communities (September 2007) • A special meeting of the Disability Action Group, similar to other “Tell us what

you think” events (December 2007); • A “Tell us what you think” event for the Faith Communities (May 2008).

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Public Consultation – 28th September to 9th November 2007 2.7 Following the publication of the document, the Council began a six-week public

consultation by contacting people via post, publishing information in local newspapers and preparing a series of exhibitions.

Public Consultation

2.8 In order to have further input into the preparation of the Core Strategy DPD, a wider

consultation exercise was carried out. This included neighbouring local authorities, parish councils and neighbouring parish councils, key stakeholders and members of the public. A list of consultees is attached at Appendix 2.

2.9 In accordance with the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), the

initial consultation exercise was advertised in the local press (see below). Letters were also sent out to those on the consultation database and members of Stockton Residents and Communities Groups Association. Members of the Residents’ Panel were notified by e-mail, where possible. The feedback from the consultation is set out in Appendix 3.

Local Press

2.10 The publication of the Core Strategy Preferred Options document and the related

consultation were advertised in the public notices sections of the Evening Gazette and Herald and Post newspapers on the 28th September and 3rd October respectively. The on-going consultation was also highlighted in the autumn edition of Stockton News, free publication delivered to all properties within the Borough. Publicity was also given to a number of related exhibitions (see below) through press releases. Examples of articles published in local newspapers are displayed at Appendix 4

Public Exhibitions

The Core Strategy and Regeneration DPD consultation launch 2.11 For this event the Spatial Planning Section invited members of the public, residents

groups, and stakeholders who had registered on the Council’s LDF consultation database, to the, “Core Strategy and Regeneration DPD Consultation Launch”. During this event there was a short presentation of the content and implications of the documents followed by an opportunity for attendees to view related exhibitions and discuss relevant issues with Council officers. A similar invitation was extended to Council officers aimed at raising corporate awareness of these documents within other Council departments (see Appendix 5).

Libraries and Supermarkets

2.12 In order to further engage with members of the public, a number of staffed and un-

staffed public exhibitions were organised. These commenced with an exhibition touring the Borough’s libraries through mid to late October staying in each location for 2 days. Council officers staffed these exhibitions on one afternoon / early evening for each location. The table below shows the dates when the exhibitions were in each location.

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Venue. Exhibition dates. Staffed Session

Billingham Branch Library 8th and 9th October. 9th October 2pm - 7pm.

Roseberry Library, Billingham 10th and 11th October.

10th October 2pm - 7pm.

Thornaby Branch Library. 12th and 13th October.12th October 2pm - 7pm.

Thornaby Central Library. 15th and 16th October.16th October 2pm - 7pm.

Ragworth Library 17th and 18th October.18th October 2pm - 7pm.

Egglescliffe Library 19th and 20th October.19th October 2pm - 7pm.

Yarm Library 22nd and 23rd October.

23rd October 2pm - 7pm.

Ingleby Barwick Library 24th and 25th October.25th October 2pm - 7pm.

Norton Library 26th and 27th October.26th October 2pm - 7pm.

2.13 Whilst the library exhibitions were useful in raising the awareness of the documents

and gaining feedback from the public it was considered that the exhibitions also needed to be situated in locations which were highly visible to the community. It was decided that the exhibition should be displayed and staffed by Council officers in local supermarkets. The table below shows when and where these events took place.

2.14 In Stockton and Billingham, local facilities such as Stockton Town Hall and Billingham

Forum, which also have a significant footfall, were also considered suitable locations to hold exhibitions. Exhibitions were also held in the communities of Port Clarence and Wynyard.

Venue. Date

Tesco Extra, Durham Road. Monday 29th October 2007. 2pm – 7pm. Sainsburys, Bishopton Road. Tuesday 30th October 2007. 2pm – 7pm.

Stockton Town Hall Wednesday 31st October 2007. 2pm – 7pm.

Tesco, Ingleby Barwick. Thursday 1st November 2007. 2pm – 7pm.

Wynyard. Friday 2nd November 2007. 2pm – 7pm. Billingham Forum. Monday 5th November 2007. 2pm – 7pm. Clarence Community Centre.

Tuesday 6th November 2007. 2pm – 7pm.

Post Preferred Options Consultation 2.15 Following receipt of comments, to assist with the preparation of the submission draft

Core Strategy and to inform the Infrastructure Strategy, meetings were held with key stakeholders:

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• Disability Action Group, January 2008; • Water and Sewerage Services, (Northumbrian Water Ltd.; Hartlepool Water,

February 2008; • Transport Infrastructure (Highways Authority), March 2008; • Town Centre Managers, April 2008; • Health Infrastructure Providers, Hartlepool pct; North Tees PCT), April 2008; • Education and Extended Schools, Adult and Children’s Strategy, April 2008; • Infrastructure Workshop, April 2008; (associated with preparation of the

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment), involving: Highways Agency Network Rail Environment Agency Northumbrian Water Ltd.)

• Police Authority, June 2008; • Environment Agency, July 2008.

Consultation in relation to the Evidence Base 2.16 To support the Core Strategy, the Council has been compiling an evidence base. This

comprises a series of studies referred to in Table ** of the Core Strategy. Consultation has been an integral part in the preparation of some of these studies, as follows:

• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment: this has been the subject of

two public consultation exercises (early in 2008 at the beginning of the preparation process to comment on the proposed methodology and submit sites for consideration, and upon completion of the assessment of sites August 2008) and a developer workshop to gain insight into developer views on the suitability, availability and achievability of sites;

• Employment Land Review: the preparation of this review involved a business survey, a visioning workshop and stakeholder interviews; and

• Open Space. Recreation and Landscape Study: public input into this study has been encouraged, with the involvement of the general public as well as specific groups such as young people and those with a disability, to establish views on existing provision and find out what people would like to be provided in terms of quantity, quality, type and location of facilities.

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APPENDIX 1

Local Strategic Partnership, Area Partnership Board and Themed Board meetings attended. Date Meeting 5th July 2007 Stockton Renaissance 6th June 2007 Setting the Standard 6th June 2007 Health Improvement Partnership 11th June 2007 Central Area Partnership Board 11th June 2007 Older Persons Consultation Group 12th June 2007 Town Centre Business Forum & Chamber of Commerce 13th June 2007 Setting the Standard 20th June 2007 Childrens Trust Board 21st June 2007 Stockton Disability Advisory Group 26th June 2007 Eastern Area Partnership Board 27th June 2007 Policy Officers Group 27th June 2007 BME Network 2nd July 2007 Billingham Partnership Board 3rd July 2007 Safer Stockton Partnership 3rd July 2007 Youth Assembly 4th July 2007 Housing and Neighbourhood Partnership 11th July 2007 Economic Regeneration & Transport Partnership 16th July 2007 Cllr Briefing seminar 17th July 2007 Adult care Partnership 18th July 2007 Environment Partnership 19th July 2007 Community Cohesion Sub group 30th July 2007 Western Area Partnership Board

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APPENDIX 2

List of Consultees Local Parish Councils

Aislaby & Newsham Parish Meeting Ingleby Barwick Town Council Carlton Parish Council Long Newton Parish Council Castle Leavington & Kirklevington Parish Council Maltby Parish Council Thornaby on Tees Town Council Preston on Tees Parish Council

Billingham Town Council Redmarshall Parish Council Egglescliffe Parish Council Stillington & Whitton Parish Council Elton Parish Council Wolviston Parish Council Grindon Parish Council Yarm Town Council Hilton Parish Council Redmarshall Parish Council

Neighbouring Parish Councils and Local Authorities Bishopton Parish Council Middleton St George Parish Council Crathorne Parish Council Mordon Parish Meeting Darlington Borough Council Newby Parish Council Durham County Council North Yorkshire County Council East and West Newbiggin Parish Meeting Picton Parish Council Elwick Parish Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Girsby Parish Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Great Stainton Parish Meeting Rudby Parish Council Greatham Parish Council Sadberge Parish Council Hambleton District Council Seamer Parish Council Hartlepool Borough Council Sedgefield Borough Council Hartlepool Borough Council Sedgefield Parish Council High and Low Worsall Parish Council Stainton and Thornton Parish Council Middlesbrough Borough Council

Other Organisations Age Concern - Teesside Appletons Chartered Surveyors Asda Stores Limited Avecia B. T. Group plc B.T.C.V. Baines Goldston Banks Developments Barclays Bank Barratt Homes Barton Willmore

Bellway Homes Blackett Hart and Pratt LLP Blue Sky Planning Ltd BOC Gases British Gas (Northern) British Geological Survey British Land British Telecom British Waterways British Wind Energy Association Bryant Homes/ Taylor Woodrow Building Design Consultant

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CABE Castlegate Shopping Centre Caterpillar Stockton Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Charles Church Childrens Society Chris Thomas Ltd Church Commissioners Civil Aviation Authority Cleveland County Fire Brigade Commission for Racial Equality Conaco Phllips Petroleum Co. UK Ltd Corporate Real Estate Council for British Archaeology Country Land and Business Association (NE) CPRE Culture North East Cyclists Touring Club / Sustrans Dalton Warner Davis Chartered Surveyors David Kitchen Associates Davis Planning Partnership DEFRA Department for Education and Employment Department for Transport Development Planning Partnership Devplan UK Disability Rights Commission Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Commission DPDS Consulting Group Drivers Jonas Chartered Surveyors DTZ Debenham Dunlop Hayward Planning Durham Diocesan Secretary Eaglescliffe Preservation Action Group Eastern Area Partnership Board Egglescliffe Youth Group Emolior Endeavour Housing Association Endeavour Partnership Energy Management Section England and Lyle English Heritage English Partnerships Environment Agency

Erinaceous Planning Esh Developments Farming and Wildlife Group Firstplan Forest Enterprise Forestry Commission (County Durham) Forestry Commission (Morpeth) Friends of Tees Heritage Park Friends of the Earth Fusion on Line Ltd GAP Investment and Development Ltd George F White (Estate Agent) George Wimpy - Strategic Land GO Northern Government Office for the North East Groundwork Trust H J Banks & Co. Ltd. Habinteg Housing Association Halcrow Group Limited Hanover Housing Association Hartburn Residents Association Hartlepool Water Health and Safety Executive, North East Area Highways Agency Historic Towns Forum HM Prison Service Estates Hobson 7 Smith, Builders Home Builders Federation Home Housing Association Home Office Homes by Woodford Housing Corporation (Leeds) Housing Corporation (London) Ian Derby Partnership Industry Nature Conservation Association Jackson Plan Jayline Travel Jeffrey Tarren & Associates JG Eaglescliffe (Holdings) Ltd John Potts Limited Joint Public Transport Group Lambton Smith Hampton Lovell Lovell Johns Malamute MacKenzie

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Matthew Trotter & Miller Architects McInerney Medical Property Fund Metropolis PD Miller Homes Ministry of Defence Mobile Operators Association C/o Mono Consultants Limited Montague Evans Nathaniel Litchfield & Partners National Farmers Union National Grid National Offender Management Service Natural England Network Rail Network Rail Property North British Housing North East Assembly North East Chamber of Commerce North East Civic Trust North Star Housing Group North Tees NHS Transitional Care Office North Tees NHS Trust North Tees Primary Care Trust Northern Consortium of Housing Northern Electric and Gas Northern Gas Networks Northumbrian Water Ltd. Npower Renewables One North East One North East (RTT) Peacock and Smith Persimmon Homes Persimmon Homes Teesside Peter Wigglesworth Planning Ltd Philips Petroleum Planning Prospects Planning Team, Dickinson Dees LLP Preston Farm Developments Primeland Consultants Limited Property Search Group Property Services Agency (Crown Property) Railtrack Plc Railway Housing Association Ramblers Association, Stockton Richard Burt Design

RPS Planning RSPB Sanderson Weatherall on behalf of Lidl UK SAVE Savills L&P Ltd School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Scott Wilson Secondsite Property Holdings Signet Planning Society for the Promotion and Advancement of Romany Culture Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Solutions Northern Sport England St Mary's Parish Hall Stagecoach Transit Sted Construction Design Stewart Ross Association Stockton Business Forum Stockton Renaissance Secretariat Stockton Residents' Association Stockton Retail Park Stockton Riverside College Stockton Volunteering Support Project Stockton Western Area Partnership Board Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Ltd. Tees Archaeology Tees Barrage Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance NHS Trust Tees Valley Biodiversity Tees Valley Housing Association Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit Tees Valley Living Tees Valley Partnership Tees Valley Regeneration Tees Valley Rural Community Council Tees Valley Wildlife Trust Teesport The Ancient Monuments Society The Billingham Partnership The Council for British Archaeology The Garden History Society

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The Georgian Group The Gypsy Council UK Office The Tees Forest The Theatres Trust The Twentieth Century Society The Victorian Society The Woodland Trust Thornfield Properties plc Thorpe Thewles Residents Assocaition Transco Traveller Law Reform Coalition Tribal MJP Tristar Homes Turley Associates Turley Associates on behalf of Tees Valley Airport UK Association of Gypsy Women University of Durham

Viewpoint Ward Hadaway Wellington 2004 Estate Company Wellington Square Wimpey Homes Woodford Consulting Group (North) PLC Wright Construction (Durham) Ltd. Wynyard Estates Wynyard Park Yarm Chamber of Trade Yarm Civic Society Yarm Residents Group York Diocesan Society Yorkshire Forward YPAG Yuill Homes Zero Waste Ltd

Individuals 30 individual local residents were also informed of the consultation by letter or email.

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Appendix 3 Consultee Responses to the Preferred Options for the Core Strategy

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e in

the

proc

ess.

Obj

ectiv

e10

38Th

e se

nten

ce re

latin

g to

bio

fuel

, sol

ar, w

ind

and

tidal

reso

urce

s ar

e co

mm

on s

ourc

es o

f ene

rgy

prod

uctio

n an

d ne

eds

to b

e co

nditi

oned

'with

in e

nviro

nmen

tal l

imita

tions

' as

on p

age

12.

See

PPS9

.

Obj

ectiv

e10

413

NW

L w

ould

requ

est t

hat t

he C

ore

Stra

tegy

refle

ct th

e fa

ct th

at w

ater

is a

lso

a re

sour

ce th

at s

houl

d be

con

serv

ed a

nd

used

effi

cien

tly.

Obj

ectiv

e11

286

The

Env

ironm

ent A

genc

y ag

rees

with

the

refe

renc

e to

floo

d ris

k an

d th

e ne

ed fo

r sus

tain

able

dra

inag

e.

Obj

ectiv

e12

154

Plan

ning

sys

tem

can

onl

y ha

ve a

lim

ited

effe

ct o

n th

e ra

te o

f hou

sing

. Its

role

sho

uld

be to

ens

ure

that

pro

visi

on o

f a

rang

e of

sui

tabl

e si

tes

with

per

mis

sion

s w

hich

will

ens

ure

the

right

mix

of s

ize,

tenu

re e

tc.

The

requ

irem

ent f

or s

uch

hous

e bu

ildin

g to

be

focu

sed

on th

e C

ore

Area

cou

ld le

ad to

inte

rpre

tatio

ns w

hich

wou

ld

prev

ent h

ousi

ng ta

king

pla

ce in

oth

er a

reas

whe

re th

e de

liver

y w

ould

con

tribu

te to

ove

rall

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

for h

ousi

ng o

utsi

de th

e co

re a

rea

(200

6 st

udy)

Thi

s ap

proa

ch w

ould

pre

vent

suc

h ne

ed b

eing

met

, in

parti

cula

r to

mee

t the

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

agi

ng p

opul

atio

n. T

he n

eeds

of t

he e

lder

ly c

over

a w

ide

spec

trum

and

in

clud

e th

e ne

ed fo

r for

ms

of s

uppo

rted

acco

mm

odat

ion

whi

ch w

ill a

llow

the

m to

resi

de w

ithin

thei

r loc

al c

omm

unity

. As

cra

fted,

Obj

ectiv

e 12

and

its

appr

oach

cou

ld b

e us

ed to

onl

y al

low

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e C

ore

Are

a.

Con

side

r ado

ptin

g ca

rbon

neu

tralit

y as

a re

quire

d be

nchm

ark

in s

uch

circ

umst

ance

s.

Obj

ectiv

e12

16Ag

ree

with

obj

ectiv

e ho

wev

er th

e co

mm

ents

und

er A

spira

tions

will

not p

rom

ote

a co

ntin

uanc

e of

the

obje

ctiv

e.

The

Asp

iratio

n sh

ould

be:

A s

tead

y ra

te o

f hou

se b

uild

ing

shou

ld b

e m

aint

aine

d fo

cuse

d on

all

parts

of t

he B

orou

gh in

or

der t

o en

sure

that

hom

es w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

in a

full

rang

e of

siz

es, t

ypes

and

tenu

res

and

to p

rovi

de a

bal

ance

and

m

ix to

mee

t the

diff

eren

t req

uire

men

ts o

f the

incr

easi

ng p

opul

atio

n of

the

Bor

ough

.

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ectiv

e12

237

New

resi

dent

ial e

stat

es s

houl

d ha

ve g

ood

pede

stria

n lin

ks w

ith n

earb

y fa

cilit

ies.

Add

wor

ding

to a

spira

tion

"New

bu

ildin

g w

ill b

e de

sign

ed a

roun

d ex

istin

g rig

hts

of w

ay w

hich

will

be

used

to g

ive

good

ped

estri

an a

nd c

ycle

acc

ess

to

neig

hbou

ring

coun

trysi

de, c

omm

uniti

es a

nd s

hops

".

Obj

ectiv

e12

347

Supp

ort t

he n

eed

to p

rovi

de h

omes

for a

ll ne

eds.

Obj

ectiv

e12

372

For t

he re

ason

s ou

tline

d in

com

men

ts o

n ch

apte

r 3 -

The

Spa

tial V

isio

n, w

e ex

pres

s co

ncer

n ab

out O

bjec

tive

12 a

nd

the

refe

renc

e to

the

fact

that

dev

elop

men

t will

be

focu

ssed

on

the

Cor

e Ar

ea.

Whi

lst c

lear

ly th

e C

ore

Area

is a

n ap

prop

riate

loca

tion,

the

area

will

not m

eet e

very

one'

s ne

eds.

The

Vis

ion

and

obje

ctiv

es a

re fr

agile

and

unl

ikel

y to

de

liver

the

wid

er o

bjec

tives

of t

he L

DF.

Obj

ectiv

e12

385

Expr

ess

conc

ern

abou

t Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

12 a

nd it

par

ticul

ar th

e re

fere

nce

to th

e fa

ct th

at d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e fo

cuse

d on

the

Cor

e Ar

ea.

This

are

a is

not

like

ly to

mee

t the

asp

iratio

ns o

f fut

ure

resi

dent

s.

The

Spa

tial V

isio

n an

d S

patia

l Obj

ectiv

es s

houl

d be

mor

e w

idel

y de

fined

to p

rom

ote/

deliv

er h

ousi

ng w

ithin

or a

djoi

ning

su

stai

nabl

e se

rvic

e vi

llage

loca

tions

. Th

e vi

sion

and

obj

ectiv

es a

s cu

rren

tly e

xpre

ssed

are

frag

ile a

nd u

nlik

ely

to

deliv

er th

e w

ider

obj

ectiv

es o

n th

e LD

F.

Obj

ectiv

e12

406

Expr

ess

conc

ern

abou

t Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tive

12 a

nd it

par

ticul

ar th

e re

fere

nce

to th

e fa

ct th

at d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e fo

cuse

d on

the

Cor

e Ar

ea.

This

are

a is

not

like

ly to

mee

t the

asp

iratio

ns o

f fut

ure

resi

dent

s.

The

Spa

tial V

isio

n an

d S

patia

l Obj

ectiv

es s

houl

d be

mor

e w

idel

y de

fined

to p

rom

ote/

deliv

er h

ousi

ng w

ithin

or a

djoi

ning

su

stai

nabl

e se

rvic

e vi

llage

s lo

catio

ns.

The

visi

on a

nd o

bjec

tives

as

curr

ently

exp

ress

ed a

re fr

agile

and

unl

ikel

y to

de

liver

the

wid

er o

bjec

tives

on

the

LDF.

Obj

ectiv

e12

66D

ocum

ent r

equi

res

an a

dditi

onal

obj

ectiv

e:

13. "

To p

rom

ote

acce

ssib

ility

by a

ll m

odes

to e

nhan

ce c

onne

ctiv

ity to

inte

rnat

iona

l mar

kets

."

Aspi

ratio

n: "

To fa

cilit

ate

the

cont

inue

d su

stai

nabl

e ex

pans

ion

of D

TVA

and

ass

ocia

ted

empl

oym

ent d

evel

opm

ent i

n lin

e w

ith n

atio

nal a

nd re

gion

al p

olic

y ai

rpor

ts a

nd a

ir tra

nspo

rt". T

his

shou

ld a

lso

mak

e re

fere

nce

to th

e Ai

rpor

t M

aste

rpla

n.

Obj

ectiv

e2

140

Ther

e is

con

side

rabl

e sc

ope

with

in th

e St

ockt

on B

orou

gh to

dev

elop

new

indu

stry

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

man

agem

ent o

f w

aste

as

evin

ced

by th

e ne

w E

co P

ark

prop

osal

. Th

ere

are

bette

r job

s in

this

sec

tor t

han

in re

new

able

ene

rgy.

Obj

ectiv

e2

207

Giv

en th

e pr

oxim

ity o

f est

ablis

hed

core

indu

strie

s to

the

SP

A, i

t is

esse

ntia

l tha

t the

nee

ds o

f the

indu

stry

are

not

si

mpl

y 'm

et':

The

prin

cipl

es o

f sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be p

aram

ount

.

Prop

ose

that

thes

e ne

eds

are

inst

ead

"met

in a

sus

tain

able

man

ner t

han

ensu

res

the

prot

ectio

n of

des

igna

ted

wild

life

site

s".

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Obj

ectiv

e 3:

Sho

uld

mak

e re

fere

nce

to ta

cklin

g em

ploy

men

t dis

crim

inat

ion

and

max

imis

ing

the

tale

nts

of o

lder

w

orke

rs.

Obj

ectiv

e 5:

Mak

e re

fere

nce

to e

xten

ding

wor

king

at h

ome,

gre

ater

use

of f

lexi

ble

or s

tagg

ered

hou

rs.

Obj

ectiv

e4

113

Also

rele

vant

for C

S5

Sec

tion

1.

Supp

ort t

hese

Cor

e St

rate

gy P

olic

ies

how

ever

sug

gest

mor

e de

taile

d To

wn

Cen

ter P

olic

y se

ts o

ut a

dditi

onal

crit

eria

of

ferin

g a

mor

e fle

xibl

e ap

proa

ch to

cha

nges

of u

se in

the

Tow

n C

entre

; for

exa

mpl

e , t

akin

g in

to a

ccou

nt w

here

a

prop

erty

has

sto

od v

acan

t for

a p

erio

d of

tim

e. C

onsi

der t

hat a

ctiv

e m

arke

ting

of a

pro

perty

for a

yea

r sho

uld

be

view

ed a

s an

app

ropr

iate

per

iod

of ti

me.

Obj

ectiv

e4

390

A st

rong

cul

tura

l sec

tor i

s ke

y to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a v

ibra

nt to

wn

cent

re a

nd it

is th

eref

ore

vita

lly im

porta

nt to

pro

tect

th

eatre

s fo

r the

ir co

ntrib

utio

n to

the

qual

ity o

f cul

tura

l life

and

for t

heir

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd fu

nctio

n of

St

ockt

on.

Obj

ectiv

e5

152

The

car w

ill al

way

s be

use

d as

a m

eans

of t

rans

port

in th

e Bo

roug

h.

The

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impr

oved

sec

onda

ry ro

ad n

etw

ork

is w

elco

med

. H

owev

er s

uch

a ne

twor

k ne

eds

to b

e m

ore

than

just

a N

orth

/Sou

th li

nk a

nd s

houl

d im

prov

e co

nnec

tivity

Eas

t/Wes

t fro

m In

gleb

y B

arw

ick

and

the

A17

4 to

the

A66

. Ef

fect

ive

dem

and

man

agem

ent r

equi

res

mor

e th

an ju

st a

ltern

ativ

es to

the

A19

itsel

f.

Obj

ectiv

e5

208

Not

e th

e re

fere

nce

to "n

ew li

nks

acro

ss th

e Te

es".

Whi

lst i

t is

diffi

cult

to d

eter

min

e th

e lik

ely

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s of

su

ch li

nks

in th

e ab

senc

e of

mor

e de

tails

rega

rdin

g th

eir l

ocat

ion

and

natu

re, w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

pot

entia

l im

pact

s on

the

SP

A.

We

note

that

CS

2 Tr

ansp

ort d

oes

not r

efer

to a

dditi

onal

road

cro

ssin

gs o

f the

Tee

s. A

ny s

uch

cros

sing

s sh

ould

be

incl

uded

in th

e P

olic

y.

Obj

ectiv

e5

242

Rig

hts

of w

ay n

etw

ork

shou

ld b

e m

entio

ned

here

.

Obj

ectiv

e5

252

Rem

ove

all r

efer

ence

to a

ir tra

vel f

rom

this

doc

umen

t;in

dica

te th

at p

ublic

tran

spor

t inf

orm

atio

n m

ust b

e av

aila

ble

in c

lear

, acc

urat

e an

d re

gula

rly-r

evis

ed fo

rm o

n al

l bus

st

ops

and

shel

ters

.R

emov

e al

l ref

eren

ces

to a

dditi

onal

road

-bui

ldin

g an

d to

mor

e cr

ossi

ngs

of th

e Te

es.

Obj

ectiv

e5

262

Wha

t is

requ

ired

is a

new

brid

ge o

r tun

nel b

esid

e th

e Tr

ansp

orte

r Brid

ge li

nkin

g P

ort C

lare

nce

and

Mid

dles

brou

gh a

nd

I hop

e w

ith th

is a

nd th

e op

enin

g of

the

Barra

ge b

ridge

to th

roug

h tra

ffic

is w

hat i

s be

ing

pref

erre

d.

Obj

ectiv

e5

299

Supp

ortiv

e of

the

Obj

ectiv

es a

nd in

par

ticul

ar th

e fir

st p

art o

f Obj

ectiv

e 5,

with

rega

rds

to e

nsur

ing

good

acc

ess

to jo

bs,

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es, b

ut c

onsi

ders

that

, as

stat

ed d

urin

g th

e co

nsul

tatio

n on

the

issu

es a

nd o

ptio

ns, t

hat t

here

nee

ds

to b

e a

spec

ific

refe

renc

e to

sus

tain

able

trav

el a

nd m

inim

isin

g th

e ne

ed to

trav

el, p

artic

ular

ly b

y pr

ivat

e ca

r, an

d pr

omot

ing

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e m

odes

of t

rave

l suc

h as

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

wal

king

and

cyc

ling.

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Obj

ectiv

e 5

refe

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impr

ovin

g lin

ks to

oth

er a

reas

of t

he T

ees

Val

ley

and

beyo

nd.

This

cou

ld b

e in

terp

rete

d in

di

ffere

nt w

ays

depe

ndin

g on

the

defin

ition

of l

inks

. If

thes

e w

ere

to b

e su

stai

nabl

e lin

ks, s

uch

as p

ublic

tran

spor

t en

hanc

emen

t/rou

tes.

How

ever

, if t

his

was

to b

e in

terp

rete

d as

impr

ovin

g lin

ks b

y co

nstru

ctin

g ne

w ro

ads,

wid

enin

g ex

istin

g ro

ads

and

gene

rally

incr

easi

ng th

e ca

paci

ty o

n th

e ro

ad n

etw

ork,

this

is o

bvio

usly

not

a s

usta

inab

le a

ppro

ach

and

ther

efor

e to

pro

vide

som

e cl

arifi

catio

n, th

e Ag

ency

con

side

rs th

at th

e O

bjec

tive

shou

ld b

e am

ende

d so

that

it fu

lly

refle

cts

the

prov

isio

ns o

f Pol

icy

CS

2.

Obj

ectiv

e5

346

Supp

ort t

his

obje

ctiv

e

Obj

ectiv

e6

107

Spor

t Eng

land

sup

ports

Obj

ectiv

e 6,

par

ticul

ar th

e as

pira

tion

to im

prov

e ac

cess

to a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

to e

ngag

e in

sp

ort,

leis

ure

and

recr

eatio

n.

Obj

ectiv

e6

169

Sect

ion

plac

es p

artic

ular

em

phas

is u

pon

the

Riv

er T

ees

and

the

"Hea

rt".

How

ever

the

sect

ion

seem

s to

igno

re th

e po

tent

ial o

f oth

er im

porta

nt a

reas

suc

h as

Billi

ngha

m B

eck

Val

ley

whi

ch a

lread

y su

ppor

ts a

wid

ely

used

Cou

ntry

Par

k an

d w

hich

is c

urre

ntly

acc

essi

ble

only

by

car o

r tho

se d

irect

ly a

djac

ent t

o th

e si

te.

Nee

d to

reco

gnis

e th

e si

gnifi

cant

ben

efits

whi

ch w

ould

aris

e fro

m li

nkin

g up

a n

etw

ork

of le

isur

e an

d re

crea

tion

site

s w

ith c

ycle

way

s an

d fo

otpa

ths

alon

g th

e R

iver

Tee

s an

d its

trib

utar

ies.

Rec

ogni

se th

at im

prov

emen

ts in

faci

litie

s fo

r for

mal

spo

rts w

ould

als

o as

sist

in im

prov

ing

heal

th a

nd w

ell b

eing

.

Rec

ogni

se th

at o

ppor

tuni

ties

for d

eliv

ery

of s

uch

faci

litie

s w

ill a

rise

outs

ide

of th

e Bl

ue G

reen

Hea

rt as

wel

l as

with

in in

.

Obj

ectiv

e6

209

Wat

ersp

orts

and

recr

eatio

n in

inap

prop

riate

loca

tions

alo

ng th

e R

iver

Tee

s ha

ve th

e po

tent

ial t

o ca

use

disp

lace

men

t an

d di

stur

banc

e of

SP

A s

peci

es, b

oth

with

in th

e de

sign

ated

site

and

als

o w

hen

usin

g ot

her p

arts

of t

he w

ater

front

. Fu

rther

mor

e, th

ere

is th

e po

tent

ial f

or re

crea

tiona

l dev

elop

men

ts to

affe

ct th

e hy

drol

ogy

of th

e R

over

Tee

s (w

ater

front

de

velo

pmen

t, w

ater

spor

ts fa

cilit

ies/

activ

ities

, ber

thin

g et

c.) a

lso

thre

aten

ing

the

SPA

. A

spe

cific

pol

icy

rela

ting

to

wat

ersp

orts

sho

uld

be d

evel

oped

. Th

is w

ould

allo

w th

e po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts

of w

ater

spor

ts o

n th

e S

PA

to b

e co

nsid

ered

in

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy's

AA

, and

robu

st p

olic

y sa

fegu

ards

dev

elop

men

t.

Obj

ectiv

e6

241

Men

tion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

of th

e Te

esda

le W

ay.

Obj

ectiv

e6

244

An im

prov

emen

t in

the

gene

ral h

ealth

of t

he c

omm

unity

sho

uld

be in

clud

ed in

this

obj

ectiv

e.

Obj

ectiv

e6

259

Req

uest

the

rem

oval

of t

he p

hras

e "p

rovi

ding

car

e cl

oser

to h

ome"

. Suc

h co

mm

ents

are

too

pres

crip

tive

and

prej

udic

e th

e S

trate

gic

Hea

lth a

utho

ritie

s de

cisi

ons.

Obj

ectiv

e6

35Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e Te

es F

ores

t pro

posa

ls a

re m

issi

ng fr

om th

e as

pira

tion.

Obj

ectiv

e6

+ 7

258

No

emph

asis

on

qual

ity o

f pro

visi

on m

ade.

We

reco

mm

end

the

incl

usio

n of

the

phra

se "q

ualit

y of

pro

visi

on" w

hen

refe

renc

e to

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

is m

ade

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

rate

gy.

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omm

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t Sum

mar

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Obj

ectiv

e8

170

Supp

ort t

he o

vera

ll vi

sion

. H

owev

er th

e vi

sion

sho

uld

be m

ore

ambi

tions

and

not

just

lim

ited

to th

e R

iver

Tee

s co

rrid

or a

nd th

e H

eart.

Rec

ogni

tion

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to th

e riv

er v

alle

ys w

hich

can

con

tribu

te to

the

over

all o

bjec

tive

of

this

sec

tion.

The

ove

rall

ambi

tion

shou

ld li

nk u

p al

l of t

he g

reen

cor

ridor

s by

enh

ance

d pe

dest

rian

and

cycl

e ac

cess

as

wel

l as

enha

nce

publ

ic a

cces

sibi

lity

with

in th

e riv

er v

alle

ys.

This

may

requ

ire p

ublic

/priv

ate

partn

ersh

ip a

nd li

mite

d de

velo

pmen

t of a

n ap

prop

riate

type

s an

d sc

ale.

It i

s ac

cept

ed th

at s

uch

deve

lopm

ent s

houl

d no

t adv

erse

ly a

ffect

the

char

acte

r of s

uch

area

s or

har

m o

pen

spac

e.

Obj

ectiv

e8

210

Wel

com

e th

e in

clus

ion

of th

is O

bjec

tive,

the

reco

gniti

on o

f the

SP

A a

nd R

amsa

r site

's im

porta

nce

and

the

com

mitm

ent

to e

xplo

it co

nser

vatio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t opp

ortu

nitie

s.

Obj

ectiv

e8

240

Addi

tiona

l wor

ding

sug

gest

ed fo

r inc

lusi

on in

obj

ectiv

e 8,

so

that

it is

cle

ar th

at g

reen

infra

stru

ctur

e w

ill be

acc

essi

ble

toal

l with

ded

icat

ed s

usta

inab

le fo

otpa

ths,

brid

lew

ays

and

cycl

e tra

cks

show

n on

the

Cou

ncil's

web

site

.

Obj

ectiv

e8

263

Also

rele

vant

to P

olic

y 4,

pag

e 37

, 6.3

. S

uppo

rt th

e R

iver

Tee

s H

erita

ge P

ark.

Mor

e co

nsid

erat

ion

into

the

loca

tion

of

the

new

ped

estri

an b

ridge

link

s ne

ed to

me

mad

e.

Obj

ectiv

e8

6Su

ppor

t obj

ectiv

e. T

he c

orre

ct ti

tle fo

r the

SPA

/Ram

sar S

ite is

the

Tees

mou

th a

nd C

leve

land

Coa

st S

PA

/Ram

sar.

Obj

ectiv

e9

15In

dust

rial h

erita

ge, p

artic

ular

ly ra

ilway

his

tory

sho

uld

be re

cogn

ised

.

With

in th

ese

hist

oric

are

as, p

artic

ular

sen

sitiv

ity s

houl

d be

exe

rcis

ed to

mai

ntai

n th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd a

ppea

ranc

e of

the

land

scap

e. In

par

ticul

ar, h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ents

, hig

h-ris

e fla

ts e

tc w

ill b

e st

rong

ly o

ppos

ed.

Obj

ectiv

e9

238

Add

wor

ding

to a

spira

tion

"The

righ

ts o

f way

net

wor

k, w

here

man

y of

the

way

s ar

e of

anc

ient

orig

in a

nd w

ere

used

by

our f

orbe

ars

for t

he th

eir q

uotid

ian

roun

ds, h

as b

een

pres

erve

d an

d ex

tend

ed a

nd c

ontin

ues

to b

e us

ed fo

r the

co

nven

ienc

e an

d en

joym

ent o

f res

iden

ts a

nd o

ther

s."

Obj

ectiv

eS

trate

gic

Obj

ectiv

es23

1W

hils

t cle

arly

the

Cor

e A

rea

is a

n im

porta

nt lo

catio

n fo

r som

e ne

w h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent c

once

ntra

ting

hous

ing

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

is lo

catio

n is

onl

y lik

ely

to m

eet t

he h

ousi

ng n

eeds

and

asp

iratio

ns o

f a s

mal

l pro

porti

on o

f exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

resi

dent

s. T

he S

patia

l Vis

ion

and

Spat

ial o

bjec

tives

sho

uld

be m

ore

wid

ely

defin

ed to

pro

mot

e/de

liver

ho

usin

g w

ithin

or a

djac

ent s

usta

inab

le s

ervi

ce v

illag

e lo

catio

ns o

n th

e ed

ge o

f Sto

ckto

n To

wn.

The

Vis

ion

and

obje

ctiv

es a

s cu

rren

tly e

xpre

ssed

are

frag

ile a

nd u

nlik

ely

to d

eliv

er th

e w

ider

obj

ectiv

es o

f the

LD

F.

Om

issi

on71

Req

uest

a n

ew p

olic

y w

hich

set

s ou

t the

requ

irem

ents

for s

afeg

uard

ing

cons

ulta

tion

with

in th

e re

leva

nt z

ones

. Zo

nes

shou

ld b

e sh

own

on p

ropo

sal m

aps

or s

epar

ate

plan

to b

e in

clud

ed in

the

docu

men

ts.

Oth

er-

This

com

men

t put

forw

ard

a pr

oper

ty fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent.

It w

ill b

e de

alt w

ith u

nder

the

Reg

ener

atio

n D

PD.

Oth

er0

Doc

umen

t not

ed, n

o fu

rther

com

men

t

Oth

er10

I agr

ee w

ith th

e P

refe

rred

Opt

ions

.

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4It

is S

port

Engl

and'

s po

licy

to c

halle

nge

the

soun

dnes

s of

rele

vant

LD

F do

cum

ents

whe

re th

e LP

A do

es n

ot h

ave

an u

pto

dat

e pl

ayin

g pi

tch

stra

tegy

and

loca

l nee

ds a

sses

smen

t in

plac

e. I

mus

t adv

ise

that

Spo

rt E

ngla

nd w

ill ob

ject

to th

e pr

ogre

ssio

n of

the

Cor

e S

trate

gy d

ocum

ent u

ntil

the

evid

ence

bas

e fo

r spo

rt is

com

plet

e.

Oth

er11

2W

ould

like

to b

ring

to a

ttent

ion

the

Roy

al M

ail s

ites

with

in s

tock

ton

whi

ch a

re 9

0 H

igh

Stre

et, S

tock

ton

and

Ord

er

Win

gate

Way

, Sto

ckto

n.

Oth

er25

6O

bjec

t to

the

entir

e co

ncep

t of s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent.

Oth

er48

2R

efer

ence

to P

rison

s.Sh

ould

incl

ude

a de

taile

d po

licy

of a

crit

eria

bas

ed p

olic

y to

dea

l with

a fi

rm p

rison

pro

posa

l sho

uld

it ar

ise

durin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Oth

er48

3R

efer

ence

to p

rison

s. T

he p

lan

shou

ld re

cogn

ise

the

econ

omic

ben

efits

of p

rison

s as

per

Circ

ular

3/9

8. I

n ad

ditio

n a

polic

y sh

ould

be

incl

uded

to s

uppo

rt th

e ne

ed fo

r exp

ansi

on w

here

this

can

be

just

ified

.

Oth

eral

l37

Ref

eren

ce s

houl

d be

mad

e to

bio

dive

rsity

and

geo

dive

rsity

thro

ugho

ut th

e do

cum

ent

Oth

eral

l65

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to c

arry

out

a v

iew

poin

t sur

vey

to e

stab

lish

citiz

ens

view

s on

SM

I and

con

side

r mod

ifyin

g re

fere

nces

toSt

ockt

on M

iddl

esbr

ough

Initi

ativ

e de

pend

ing

on o

utco

me

of s

urve

y. N

ot m

any

peop

le k

now

abo

ut th

is in

itiat

ive.

Oth

erA

ppen

dix

122

6W

ith re

fere

nce

to th

e N

orth

ern

Are

a. P

leas

e se

e pr

evio

us c

omm

ents

. C

ounc

il sh

ould

pro

tect

the

SP

A in

the

Nor

ther

n Ar

ea.

Shou

ld a

lso

stre

ngth

en th

e ca

paci

ty o

f the

SP

A th

roug

h pl

anni

ng p

olic

y an

d de

velo

pmen

t con

trol d

ecis

ions

in

the

north

ern

area

that

faci

litat

e co

mpl

emen

tary

hab

itat r

esto

ratio

n an

d cr

eatio

n in

sur

roun

ding

are

as.

Oth

erA

ppen

dix

134

3W

este

rn a

rea

bulle

t 3 -

plea

se in

sert

a se

para

te b

ulle

t poi

nt w

hich

resp

ects

the

hist

ory,

cha

ract

er a

nd n

atur

e of

Ea

gles

cliff

e.

Oth

erA

ppen

dix

1. P

age

iv

& v

166

The

bulle

t poi

nt p

riorit

ies

igno

re th

e im

porta

nce

of k

ey in

frast

ruct

ure

deve

lopm

ent r

equi

red

such

as

Park

and

Rid

e an

d se

cond

ary

road

net

wor

ks.

Con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

dev

elop

ing

clus

ters

of d

evel

opm

ent a

roun

d th

e pr

opos

ed

new

tran

spor

t lin

ks, i

nclu

ding

the

stat

ion,

the

met

ro s

yste

m a

nd re

quire

d Pa

rk a

nd R

ide

inte

rcha

nges

.

Oth

erA

ppen

dix,

pg

iii

173

Ref

eren

ce to

the

Nor

ther

n Ar

ea.

Whi

lst i

mpr

ovin

g th

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty o

f the

Bill

ingh

am B

eck

Valle

y is

impo

rtant

, it i

s su

gges

ted

that

a h

ighe

r prio

rity

shou

ld b

e ac

cord

ed to

rem

edia

tion

its c

onta

min

atio

n, c

reat

ing

publ

ic a

cces

s to

the

are a

and

linki

ng th

e ar

ea u

p w

ith o

ther

cor

ridor

s to

pro

vide

gre

en lu

ngs.

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Stra

tegy

D

iagr

am

227

Dia

gram

sho

uld

outli

ne th

e SP

A in

full

and

also

the

SSSI

bou

ndar

ies.

Thi

s w

ill a

llow

con

sulte

es a

mor

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

spa

tial c

onst

rain

ts w

ithin

the

Bor

ough

and

iden

tify

pote

ntia

l are

as o

f con

flict

(e.g

. th

e E

ast B

illing

ham

Tra

nspo

rt C

orrid

or a

nd th

e SP

).

The

boun

darie

s of

the

gree

n w

edge

s ar

e m

appe

d in

det

ail (

whi

ch w

e w

elco

me)

so

this

sho

uld

also

be

poss

ible

for

desi

gnat

ed w

ildlif

e si

tes.

We

note

that

two

site

s ar

e id

entif

ied

as th

e In

tern

atio

nal N

atur

e R

eser

ve.

This

is c

onfu

sing

as

the

north

ernm

ost s

ites

is th

e Te

esm

outh

NN

R a

nd th

e on

e to

the

sout

hwes

t will

be

the

RS

PB

s Sa

lthol

me

Inte

rnat

iona

l Nat

ure

Res

erve

. Th

is s

houl

d be

cla

rifie

d. F

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

Dia

gram

, alth

ough

we

wel

com

e th

e in

clus

ion

of th

ese

site

s, th

e bo

unda

ry o

f the

SP

A a

nd S

SI i

s pe

rhap

s m

ore

rele

vant

than

the

loca

tion

of th

ese

natu

re

rese

rves

.

Oth

erC

ore

Stra

tegy

D

iagr

am

379

Ther

e is

no

clea

r exp

lana

tion

in th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

itse

lf of

wha

t the

Cro

ss B

ound

ary

issu

es w

ill en

tail.

Iss

ue 4

D

evel

opm

ent o

f Tee

spor

t is

set o

ut in

Pol

icy

CS

2, b

ut is

not

sta

ted

as a

cro

ss b

ound

ary

issu

e.

Issu

e 5

Cro

ss R

iver

Lin

ks is

not

refe

rred

to in

the

Cor

e S

trate

gy.

Ther

e is

a s

ectio

n on

new

rive

r cro

ssin

gs in

the

Reg

ener

atio

n D

PD b

ut n

o m

entio

n is

mad

e of

the

river

cro

ssin

g fro

m S

outh

Ban

k to

Sto

ckto

n on

tees

.

Nee

ds to

set

out

mor

e cl

early

the

cros

s bo

unda

ry is

sues

whi

ch a

re il

lust

rate

d on

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy D

iagr

am.

Oth

erC

S

Dia

gram

25Th

e bo

unda

ries

of th

e ho

usin

g su

bdiv

isio

n ar

eas

appe

ar to

be

exce

ptio

nally

tigh

t. O

ver t

he p

lan

perio

d th

is is

not

su

stai

nabl

e no

mat

ter w

hat i

s fe

lt to

be

the

stra

tegy

to c

ram

the

popu

latio

n in

to th

e ce

ntre

of t

he C

ity re

gion

. N

eed

to

expa

nd th

e lim

its o

f the

hou

sing

sub

divi

sion

s, p

artic

ular

ly th

at o

f Sto

ckto

n (a

rea

2) to

the

wes

t. T

his

will

mak

e us

e of

ex

istin

g in

frast

ruct

ure

and

easi

ly c

onst

ruct

ed n

ew in

frast

ruct

ure

on lo

w q

ualit

y la

nd.

Sim

ilarly

exp

and

the

limit

of a

rea

4to

the

sout

h.

Oth

erC

S

Dia

gram

42N

atur

e co

nser

vatio

n de

sign

atio

ns a

re n

ot c

lear

.

The

Tees

mou

th a

nd C

leve

land

Coa

st S

peci

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ea/R

amsa

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sho

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how

n as

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urop

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desi

gnat

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mou

th N

atio

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atur

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eser

ve c

ould

be

show

n as

a n

atio

nal d

esig

natio

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long

with

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of th

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rate

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or th

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tegy

and

incl

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des

crip

tions

of t

he

sust

aina

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prai

sal a

nd a

ppro

pria

te a

sses

smen

t whi

ch a

re b

oth

parts

of t

he p

roce

dure

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at h

ave

to b

e fo

llow

ed in

pr

epar

ing

the

core

stra

tegy

rath

er th

an a

stra

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ntex

t. I

wou

ld re

com

men

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at th

ese

two

topi

cs a

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loca

ted

into

th

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trodu

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n. I

n ad

ditio

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xcel

lent

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links

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as a

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on th

at N

orto

n is

rega

rded

as

a se

para

te a

rea

with

its

own

allo

catio

n.

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ave

the

reso

urce

s to

resp

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to a

ll th

ese

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men

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2028

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ion

1 Bu

t con

cern

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bout

the

Rur

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evel

opm

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utsi

de li

mits

figu

res

of 4

and

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. O

nce

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it o

pens

up

furth

er e

ncro

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velo

pers

sug

gest

sou

ndin

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f the

villa

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In

this

are

as w

e al

read

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ve a

sm

all g

reen

wed

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etw

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Red

mar

shal

l and

Car

lton

and

any

encr

oach

men

t will

be v

ery

detri

men

tal t

oth

e vi

llage

s.

Page

24 -

2525

3U

rgen

t nee

d to

link

the

stat

ions

with

in th

e Bo

roug

h by

sto

ppin

g se

rvic

es -

mak

e su

re th

ey a

re c

onne

cted

by

a ra

il se

rvic

e.

Page

2541

4N

WL

have

no

parti

cula

r com

men

ts o

n th

e op

tions

. H

owev

er, t

hey

wou

ld s

uppo

rt th

e re

info

rce

the

view

reco

rded

in th

e pe

nulti

mat

e bu

llet p

oint

on

page

25,

i.e.

that

the

cost

of a

dditi

onal

infra

stru

ctur

e be

com

es n

eces

sary

as

a re

sult

of

deve

lopm

ent.

Page

31 -

3225

5En

hanc

e le

vels

and

sta

ndar

ds o

f pas

seng

er ra

il pr

ovis

ion

alon

g th

e D

urha

m c

oast

line

in p

artic

ular

, run

ning

thro

ugh

Stoc

kton

and

avo

idin

g D

arlin

gton

and

Mid

dles

brou

gh a

like,

are

gua

rant

eed

to e

ase

traffi

c le

vels

on

man

y ad

jace

nt

road

s.

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mar

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cent

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s pu

t sus

tain

abilit

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hear

t of t

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proc

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e of

the

four

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r sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t is

effe

ctiv

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otec

tion

of th

e en

viro

nmen

t (al

so 2

.1).

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this

in

min

d, w

e be

lieve

that

sec

urin

g an

d im

prov

ing

the

cond

ition

s of

the

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

nd n

atio

nally

impo

rtant

wild

life

site

s in

the

Boro

ugh

is e

ssen

tial,

parti

cula

rly g

iven

the

adve

rse

cond

ition

s of

the

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mou

th S

PA a

nd R

amsa

r site

and

its

com

pone

nt S

SSI's

with

in S

tock

ton.

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need

to p

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stor

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odiv

ersi

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s pa

rt of

the

envi

ronm

ent i

mpr

ovem

ents

sho

uld

also

be

a ke

y dr

iver

. Al

so b

elie

ve th

at th

e en

hanc

emen

t of b

iodi

vers

ity in

tand

em w

ith im

prov

emen

ts to

vis

itor i

nfra

stru

ctur

e ca

n al

so h

elp

deliv

er th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

the

area

for e

xam

ple

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

RSP

B S

alth

ome

natu

re re

serv

e.

Prop

ose

the

follo

win

g ad

ditio

nal b

ulle

t poi

nts

for p

arag

raph

1.1

3:

-The

inte

rnat

iona

lly-im

porta

nt w

ildlif

e si

te o

f the

Tee

s E

stua

ry is

sub

ject

to a

dver

se e

colo

gica

l cha

nge

and

high

pr

essu

re fr

om d

evel

opm

ent

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nee

d to

ens

ure

that

the

Bor

ough

s bi

odiv

ersi

ty is

pro

tect

ed a

nd e

nhan

ced

to d

eliv

er a

n im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

t for

w

ildlif

e as

wel

l as

peop

le.

-The

pot

entia

l to

use

the

inte

rnat

iona

lly-im

porta

nt e

nviro

nmen

t of t

he T

ees

Estu

ary

to s

timul

ate

rege

nera

tion

and

impr

ove

the

area

s pr

ofile

.

Para

grap

h1.

1329

Very

few

env

ironm

enta

l driv

ers

for c

hang

e ha

ve b

een

iden

tifie

d.

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grap

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hils

t the

list

of a

ctio

n po

ints

refe

rs to

impr

ovin

g th

e cu

ltura

l offe

r of t

he a

rea,

this

is a

n un

duly

nar

row

focu

s on

to

uris

m a

nd le

isur

e fa

cilit

ies

is u

nhel

pful

. Th

ere

is a

nee

d fo

r a g

reat

er ro

le fo

r the

his

toric

env

ironm

ent i

n th

e fu

ture

.

Para

grap

h1.

1420

2U

nsur

e w

hat c

apita

lisin

g w

ould

ent

ail w

ith re

spec

t to

the

Bor

ough

s na

tura

l ass

ets.

Sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t req

uire

s th

at th

e en

viro

nmen

t is

effe

ctiv

ely

prot

ecte

d fro

m d

evel

opm

ent.

All

deve

lopm

ents

sho

uld

be lo

cate

d an

d de

sign

ed in

a

way

that

fully

resp

ects

the

envi

ronm

enta

l fea

ture

s of

the

Bor

ough

.

Prop

ose

the

wor

ding

: "o

ptim

isin

g th

e va

lue

of th

e Bo

roug

h's

natu

ral a

sset

s to

rege

nera

tion

whi

lst e

nsur

ing

thes

e as

sets

are

pro

tect

ed a

nd e

nhan

ced

at a

ll tim

es, b

y de

liver

ing

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ents

that

avo

id s

ensi

tive

loca

tions

an

d in

corp

orat

e or

cre

ate

wild

life-

rich

area

s".

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e St

rate

gy

Ref

eren

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omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Para

grap

h1.

1430

Very

few

env

ironm

enta

l act

ions

hav

e be

en id

entif

ied.

Thi

s lis

t cou

ld in

clud

e:

- Tee

s Fo

rest

Pla

n- P

rote

ctio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of b

iodi

vers

ity in

tere

sts

Actio

ns c

ould

be

expa

nded

and

cor

rect

ly w

orde

d to

incl

ude:

- "C

apita

lise

on th

e B

orou

ghs

natu

ral a

sset

s su

ch a

s th

e R

iver

Tee

s an

d its

val

ley,

the

Tees

mou

th N

atio

nal N

atur

e R

eser

ve, t

he R

SPB

Sal

thol

me

Inte

rnat

iona

l Nat

ure

Res

erve

, and

pro

spec

ts fo

r ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion"

.

- "Im

prov

e th

e le

isur

e, s

port,

recr

eatio

n an

d cu

ltura

l offe

r of t

he a

rea

thro

ugh

prov

isio

n of

ope

n sp

ace,

gre

en

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d im

prov

emen

ts to

the

publ

ic ri

ght o

f way

net

wor

k".

Para

grap

h1.

1431

The

requ

irem

ents

of P

PS

9 pa

ragr

aph

13 w

ith re

spec

t to

dive

rsity

and

geo

dive

rsity

nee

ds to

be

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt

whe

n re

fere

nce

is m

ade

to re

-use

of p

revi

ousl

y de

velo

ped

land

.

Para

grap

h2.

620

3W

elco

me

the

deci

sion

to c

arry

out

an

App

ropr

iate

Ass

essm

ent (

AA

) at t

he e

arly

sta

ge in

the

plan

-mak

ing

proc

ess

and

belie

ve it

has

alre

ady

stre

ngth

ened

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy.

We

have

app

ende

d so

me

com

men

ts o

n th

e AA

to o

ur c

over

ing

lette

r. W

e ho

pe th

is w

ill a

ssis

t the

Cou

ncil

durin

g su

bseq

uent

iter

atio

ns o

f the

Cor

e S

trate

gy A

A an

d fo

r AA

's re

quire

d fo

r oth

er L

DD

s in

par

ticul

ar th

e R

egen

erat

ion

DP

D.

We

wou

ld b

e pl

ease

to d

iscu

s an

y is

sues

rega

rdin

g th

e AA

of

deve

lopm

ent p

lans

in m

ore

deta

il. S

ee R

SP

B c

omm

ents

. Se

e R

SPB

com

men

ts fo

r mor

e de

tail.

Para

grap

h2.

632

Amen

d se

ctio

n to

refle

ct th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

(Nat

ural

Hab

itats

) (A

men

dmen

t) R

egul

atio

ns 2

007;

Sch

edul

e 1

inse

rts n

ew

Part

IVA

to th

e 19

94 R

egul

atio

ns 'A

ppro

pria

te A

sses

smen

t for

Lan

d U

se P

lans

for E

ngla

nd a

nd W

ales

.'

It is

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

loca

l pla

nnin

g au

thor

ity to

ens

ure

that

the

proc

ess

is c

arrie

d ou

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e H

abita

ts D

irect

ive

and

the

Amen

ded

Hab

itats

Reg

ulat

ions

. Th

e do

cum

ent i

s su

bjec

t to

a H

RA

.

Para

grap

h3.

333

0Th

e vi

sion

is a

bsol

utel

y ke

y. W

e su

gges

t bul

let p

oint

3 is

mov

ed to

bul

let 1

sin

ce th

is is

the

esse

nce

of th

e lo

ng te

rm

visi

on.

Para

grap

h3.

410

5W

elco

me

the

ambi

tion

with

in th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

that

Sto

ckto

n co

ntai

ns h

ealth

y co

mm

uniti

es, a

nd th

at it

s pe

ople

hav

e ac

cess

to th

e ve

ry b

est i

n sp

ort,

recr

eatio

nal a

nd c

ultu

ral f

acili

ties.

Para

grap

h3.

417

8W

elco

me

spec

ific

refe

renc

e to

the

dive

rsity

, qua

lity

and

char

acte

r of t

he n

atur

al a

nd b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent,

and

the

need

to

prot

ect,

enha

nce

and

capi

talis

e on

the

Boro

ughs

uni

que

asse

ts. T

he V

isio

n w

ould

be

furth

er e

nhan

ced,

how

ever

, by

spec

ific

refe

renc

e to

the

hist

oric

env

ironm

ent.

Para

grap

h3.

420

4W

elco

me

the

com

mitm

ent t

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

the

dive

rsity

, qua

lity

and

char

acte

r of t

he n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t.

How

ever

, we

belie

ve th

e in

tent

ion

to c

apita

lise

on th

ese

asse

ts in

trodu

ces

a po

tent

ial t

ensi

on w

ith th

eir p

rote

ctio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t, an

d th

reat

ens

the

requ

irem

ent t

o de

liver

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t. "o

ptim

ised

" rat

her t

han

"Cap

italis

ed

on" w

ould

be

mor

e ap

prop

riate

in th

e fin

al s

ente

nce.

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t Sum

mar

y

Para

grap

h3.

433

1Pl

ease

repl

ace

"cap

italis

ed o

n" w

ith "e

xplo

ited"

.

Para

grap

h3.

510

6Th

ere

is v

ery

little

det

ail a

bout

how

Sto

ckto

ns v

isio

n fo

r spo

rt an

d re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s is

to b

e ac

hiev

ed.

Para

grap

h3.

514

The

pre

1947

pos

ition

was

a m

ore

user

frie

ndly

and

bet

ter f

orm

s of

dev

elop

men

t tha

n th

at w

hich

per

tain

ed s

ince

19

47.

The

bala

nce

betw

een

core

and

oth

er a

reas

sho

uld

not b

e ov

erw

helm

ing

and

shou

ld b

e m

arke

t led

.

It is

inap

prop

riate

that

suc

h st

rong

opi

nion

s sh

ould

be

expr

esse

d "c

lear

con

flict

with

a n

umbe

r of s

usta

inab

ility

obje

ctiv

es".

The

se p

arag

raph

s sh

ould

be

re-w

ritte

n in

a m

ore

obje

ctiv

e fa

shio

n.

Hop

e th

at th

is is

a h

ope

for t

he fu

ture

and

by

no m

eans

a re

pres

enta

tion

of th

e pr

esen

t. T

he re

mai

nder

of t

he c

ore

stra

tegy

will

pos

sibl

y un

derm

ine

this

vis

ion.

Firs

t sub

par

agra

ph u

nder

3.5

sho

uld

be c

hang

ed to

read

"con

tinua

tion

of p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

, sup

porte

d by

a s

tead

y su

pply

of q

ualit

y ho

usin

g in

mix

of s

izes

, typ

es a

nd te

nure

s to

mee

t all

need

s, p

ocke

ts a

nd a

spira

tions

thro

ugho

ut th

e Bo

roug

h w

ithou

t see

king

to li

mit

choi

ce o

f loc

atio

n pa

rticu

larly

to a

reas

of h

isto

ric d

epra

vat

Para

grap

h3.

518

0Th

is p

arag

raph

adv

ises

that

the

Vis

ion

will

be re

alis

ed b

y co

ntin

ued

reco

gniti

on o

f the

impo

rtanc

e of

the

Boro

ughs

bui

lt an

d na

tura

l her

itage

. W

hils

t rec

ogni

tion

is im

porta

nt, c

omm

itmen

t to

actio

n is

equ

ally

so.

Para

grap

h3.

520

6W

elco

me

the

com

mitm

ent t

o th

e Bo

roug

h's

natu

ral h

erita

ge a

nd to

incr

easi

ng b

iodi

vers

ity th

roug

h en

hanc

emen

t. T

his

com

mitm

ent s

houl

d be

stre

ngth

ened

to in

clud

e de

sign

ated

wild

life

site

s.

Prop

ose

the

follo

win

g w

ordi

ng: "

Biod

iver

sity

has

incr

ease

d, th

roug

h th

e pr

otec

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent o

f gre

en s

pace

s,

desi

gnat

ed w

ildlif

e si

tes

and

the

area

s su

rrou

ndin

g th

em.."

Para

grap

h3.

533

2Fi

nal b

ulle

t poi

nt -

plea

se s

epar

ate

out t

he p

oint

s ab

out b

uilt

and

natu

ral h

erita

ge s

ince

thes

e ar

e so

impo

rtant

and

de

serv

e m

axim

um c

over

age.

Para

grap

h3.

534

5Su

ppor

t the

par

agra

ph w

hich

sta

tes

"by

a st

eady

sup

ply

of g

ood

qual

ity h

ousi

ng in

a m

ix o

f siz

es, t

ypes

and

tenu

res

to

mee

t all

need

s, p

ocke

ts a

nd a

spira

tions

.

Para

grap

h3.

563

Tees

Val

ley

Met

ro p

ropo

sal i

s fla

wed

and

by

only

offe

ring

limite

d ex

tra ro

lling

sto

ck o

n ex

istin

g ra

il lin

es w

ill no

t wor

k.

A tru

e M

etro

sys

tem

sho

uld

be in

trodu

ced.

Rem

ove

the

achi

evem

ents

of t

he M

etro

and

add

refe

renc

e to

bet

ter t

raffi

c co

ntro

l e.g

. mor

e pa

rt tim

e lig

hts

on

roun

dabo

uts.

Take

acc

ount

of e

mer

ging

fuel

cel

l tec

hnol

ogy,

whi

ch is

gre

ener

than

bio

fuel

s.

Para

grap

h3.

565

Shou

ld re

ad "I

mpr

ove

regi

onal

and

sub

-reg

iona

l con

nect

ivity

, thr

ough

bet

ter r

ail s

ervi

ces

and

the

expa

nsio

n of

Dur

ham

Tees

Val

ley

Airp

ort,

resu

lting

in o

ver 3

milli

on p

asse

nger

s us

ing

the

airp

ort i

n 20

15".

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ber

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t Sum

mar

y

Para

grap

h4.

318

1R

epre

sent

atio

ns a

t the

issu

es a

nd o

ptio

ns s

tage

indi

cate

d th

at th

e ob

ject

ives

sho

uld

incl

ude

the

pres

erva

tion

of th

e hi

stor

ical

her

itage

of t

he a

rea.

Inc

lusi

on o

f suc

h an

obj

ectiv

e w

ould

be

wel

com

ed.

Wou

ld a

dvis

e ca

utio

n in

the

use

of

the

wor

k pr

eser

vatio

n. I

t was

a ra

ther

neg

ativ

e co

nnot

atio

n.

Wou

ld w

ish

the

Cou

ncil

to p

rom

ote

the

conc

ept o

f con

stru

ctiv

e co

nser

vatio

n as

a m

eans

of e

mbr

acin

g an

d ut

ilisin

g th

e hi

stor

ic e

nviro

nmen

t to

add

valu

e to

the

chan

ges

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy s

eeks

to b

ring

abou

t.

Para

grap

h4.

418

2Th

is p

arag

raph

iden

tifie

s an

d ex

pand

s up

on th

e pr

opos

ed o

bjec

tives

for t

he C

ore

Stra

tegy

. En

glis

h H

erita

ge w

arm

ly

wel

com

es O

bjec

tive

9 an

d its

sta

ted

aspi

ratio

ns.

Para

grap

h5.

1119

Rec

ent r

evis

ions

in D

.O.E

floo

d ris

k as

sess

men

t (10

00 y

ear f

lood

risk

requ

irem

ents

) and

con

tinui

ng e

ffect

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge th

row

sev

ere

doub

t on

the

river

cor

ridor

opt

ion

for h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent.

Nee

d to

revi

sit t

he fl

ood

risk

asse

ssm

ent a

nd c

osts

of a

llevi

atio

n sc

hem

es.

Para

grap

h5.

1128

7Th

e E

nviro

nmen

t Age

ncy

agre

es w

ith re

fere

nces

to fl

ood

risk.

Ref

eren

ce s

houl

d be

mad

e to

taki

ng a

ccou

nt o

f re

quire

men

ts o

f PPS

25 -

Dev

elop

men

t and

Flo

od R

isk,

as

wel

l as

the

Cou

ncils

ow

n SF

RA

.

Para

grap

h5.

1220

Rec

ogni

se th

e re

quire

men

t to

deco

ntam

inat

e th

e ar

eas

conc

erne

d (h

isto

ric in

dust

rail

activ

ity a

reas

).

Re-

exam

ine

the

sust

aina

bilit

y ap

prai

sal m

atrix

with

a v

iew

to ta

king

into

acc

ount

the

prob

lem

s of

dec

onta

min

atio

n at

all

leve

ls.

Para

grap

h5.

1340

Mak

e su

re th

e fin

ding

s of

the

SEA

hav

e be

en c

onsi

dere

d in

the

polic

ies/

text

as

appr

opria

te w

ith re

spec

t to

grou

nd,

river

and

wat

er q

ualit

y, p

rote

ctin

g lo

cal d

iver

sity

, was

te p

rodu

ctio

n an

d lo

cal a

ir qu

ality

.

Para

grap

h5.

1521

The

requ

irem

ent t

o cr

eate

a C

ity R

egio

n fo

r the

sak

e of

it is

not

a s

atis

fact

ory

outc

ome

for t

he c

itize

ns o

f the

Bor

ough

. Th

is is

a p

oliti

cal o

bjec

tive

purs

ued

by th

e po

litic

ians

.

Dro

p th

e id

ea o

f a C

ity re

gion

to b

e cr

eate

d by

mea

ns o

f con

finin

g ne

w d

evel

opm

ent a

nd th

e po

pula

tion

to th

e C

ity

core

are

as.

Use

spa

ces

in a

mor

e im

agin

ativ

e w

ay w

hils

t lea

ving

the

popu

latio

n w

ith it

s rig

ht to

mak

e its

ow

n ch

oice

s as

to d

esire

d lo

calit

y to

live

.

Para

grap

h5.

1717

1Th

e an

alys

is is

con

side

red

to b

e fla

wed

and

sw

eepi

ng.

Muc

h of

the

Billin

gham

Bec

k Va

lley

dow

nstre

am o

f the

Cou

ntry

Park

is c

onta

min

ated

and

inac

cess

ible

to th

e pu

blic

. D

evel

opm

ent o

f an

appr

opria

te ty

pe a

nd s

cale

cou

ld p

rovi

de th

e ne

cess

ary

cros

s su

bsid

isat

ion

of a

recl

amat

ion

proj

ect w

hich

wou

ld a

llow

pub

lic a

cces

s on

to th

e la

nd a

nd a

net

wor

k of

in

terc

onne

cted

site

s fro

m P

rest

on P

ark,

alo

ng th

e Te

es a

nd u

p in

to th

e B

illin

gham

Bec

k C

ount

ry P

ark.

Para

grap

h5.

1728

8Th

ere

is re

fere

nce

mad

e in

the

last

sen

tenc

e to

Bill

ingh

am B

eck

and

Lust

rum

Bec

k (m

isss

pelt

back

in d

ocum

ent)

bein

g af

fect

ed.

This

cou

ld b

e fu

rther

qua

lifie

d by

ack

now

ledg

ing

that

floo

d ris

k w

ill s

till b

e an

issu

e in

thes

e lo

catio

ns.

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h5.

1815

8N

ot a

ll di

sper

sed

deve

lopm

ent i

s in

here

ntly

uns

usta

inab

le, p

artic

ular

ly if

it is

focu

sed

arou

nd im

prov

ed p

ublic

tran

spor

t no

des.

Som

e de

velo

pmen

ts s

uch

as P

ark

and

Rid

e M

etro

Inte

rcha

nges

cou

ld h

ave

a lo

wer

car

bon

foot

prin

t tha

n so

ca

lled

sust

aina

ble

Brow

nfie

ld s

ites.

Thi

s is

reco

gnis

ed b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t in

its p

rom

otio

n of

new

eco

tow

ns.

Nee

d to

rem

ain

flexi

ble

in te

rms

of a

ccep

ting

that

ther

e m

ay b

e de

velo

pmen

t pro

posa

ls o

utsi

de o

f the

Cor

e Ar

ea a

nd

on G

reen

field

site

s w

hich

are

eith

er h

ighl

y su

stai

nabl

e in

them

selv

es o

r wou

ld d

irect

ly li

nk w

ith C

ore

Site

s th

roug

h un

lock

ing

cons

train

ts s

uch

as h

ighw

ay c

apac

ity.

Para

grap

h5.

1822

This

Opt

ion

pres

ents

the

best

cho

ice

for p

eopl

e of

the

Boro

ugh

how

ever

ther

e is

stil

l an

over

whe

lmin

g w

eigh

t pla

ced

on d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

core

are

as.

The

deve

lopm

ent a

spira

tions

of t

he p

eopl

e in

the

rura

l frin

ges

are

igno

red.

Sust

aina

bilit

y ne

eds

to b

e ba

lanc

ed a

gain

st th

e qu

ality

of l

ife.

Billin

gham

Bec

k an

d Lu

stru

m B

reck

are

are

as s

ubje

ct to

floo

ding

and

sho

uld

not b

e co

nsid

ered

for h

ousi

ng

deve

lopm

ent.

Para

grap

h5.

2028

9Th

ere

is re

fere

nce

mad

e in

the

last

sen

tenc

e to

Bill

ingh

am B

eck

and

Lust

rum

Bec

k (m

is-s

pelt

Back

in d

ocum

ent)

bein

g af

fect

ed.

This

cou

ld b

e fu

rther

qua

lifie

d by

ack

now

ledg

ing

that

floo

d ris

k w

ill s

till b

e an

issu

e in

thes

e lo

catio

ns.

Para

grap

h5.

2123

The

pre

1947

pos

ition

was

a m

ore

user

frie

ndly

and

bet

ter f

orm

of d

evel

opm

ent t

han

that

whi

ch p

erta

ined

sin

ce 1

947.

Th

e ba

lanc

e be

twee

n co

re a

nd o

ther

are

as s

houl

d no

t be

over

whe

lmin

g an

d sh

ould

be

mar

ket l

ed.

It is

inap

prop

riate

that

suc

h st

rong

opi

nion

s sh

ould

be

expr

esse

d "c

lear

con

flict

with

a n

umbe

r of s

usta

inab

ility

obje

ctiv

es".

The

se p

arag

raph

s sh

ould

be

re-w

ritte

n in

a m

ore

obje

ctiv

e fa

shio

n.

Para

grap

h5.

2133

4EP

AG

are

opp

osed

to th

is o

ptio

n.

Para

grap

h5.

517

Dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

not b

e fo

cuse

d w

ithin

the

Cor

e A

rea.

The

peo

ple

with

in th

e Bo

roug

h w

ish

to li

ve in

the

subu

rbs,

no

t in

wat

erfro

nt d

evel

opm

ents

. Th

is a

rea

shou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

as a

recr

eatio

n ar

ea.

See

peop

le m

ovem

ents

ove

r the

pas

t 150

yea

rs w

here

pop

ulat

ion

wan

ts to

mov

e aw

ay fr

om a

reas

suc

h as

the

Cor

e Ar

ea.

S - M

Initi

ativ

e w

ill le

ad to

the

crea

tion

of tw

o so

ciet

ies

with

in th

e Bo

roug

h.

Para

grap

h5.

615

7C

omm

ent r

elat

es to

par

a 5.

6 to

5.1

3.Th

e on

ly d

isad

vant

age

reco

rded

rela

tes

to fl

ood

risk

whi

ch is

sub

sequ

ently

dis

cuss

ed.

Ther

e is

und

erst

andi

ng to

be

sign

ifica

nt p

robl

ems

with

the

capa

city

of t

he C

ore

Area

Hig

hway

s N

etw

ork.

The

Hig

hway

s A

genc

y ha

ve ra

ised

site

sp

ecifi

c co

ncer

ns o

n a

num

ber o

f Cor

e A

rea

deve

lopm

ent s

ites

and

this

is n

ot re

cogn

ised

.

Para

grap

h5.

624

5Fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e SM

I cou

ld b

e co

nstru

ed a

s di

lutin

g th

e em

phas

is o

n St

ockt

on T

own

Cen

tre.

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624

6D

evel

opin

g op

tion

1 sh

ould

not

resu

lt in

com

petin

g re

tail

land

use

s be

ing

deve

lope

d in

the

area

bet

wee

n S

tock

ton

and

Mid

dles

brou

gh a

long

the

river

Tee

s.

Para

grap

h5.

639

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to e

nsur

e pr

otec

tion

of th

e na

tura

l her

itage

val

ue a

s w

ell a

s th

e am

enity

val

ue o

f the

rive

r cor

ridor

.

Para

grap

h5.

714

7It

is u

nder

stoo

d th

at th

e C

ounc

il ar

e co

nsid

erin

g on

ly a

llow

ing

deve

lopm

ent i

s su

stai

nabl

e vi

llage

s. H

owev

er 2

of t

he

prop

osed

dis

tribu

tion

optio

ns s

eem

s to

sug

gest

that

in th

e fu

ture

, no

deve

lopm

ent w

ill be

allo

wed

but

8%

of h

ousi

ng

will

occu

r out

side

the

limits

to d

evel

opm

ent o

n pe

rmis

sion

s ye

t to

be g

rant

ed.

Ther

e is

no

clea

r jus

tific

atio

n fo

r thi

s po

sitio

n. I

t is

assu

med

that

suc

h a

just

ifica

tion

mus

t exi

st a

s th

e S

patia

l Pla

nnin

g Te

am w

ould

be

unlik

ely

to m

ake

a fu

ndam

enta

l mis

take

. N

eed

to c

larif

y th

e re

ason

beh

ind

the

prop

ositi

on th

at d

evel

opm

ent o

utsi

de th

e lim

its to

de

velo

pmen

t will

be

allo

wed

in th

e fu

ture

.

Para

grap

h5.

718

Red

unda

nt fo

llow

ing

com

men

t und

er 5

.5 a

bove

.

Con

sult

on O

ptio

n 3

Tabl

e 4

and

redu

ce c

ore

area

hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t and

incr

ease

Sto

ckto

n (o

utsi

de c

ore

area

) de

velo

pmen

t, al

so in

crea

se ru

ral d

evel

opm

ent o

utsi

de li

mits

to a

less

er e

xten

t.

Para

grap

h5.

833

3Pe

nulti

mat

e bu

llet.

It is

not

cle

ar w

hat r

oles

sho

uld

be re

cogn

ised

.

Para

grap

h6.

121

3St

rong

ly s

uppo

rt th

e C

ounc

ils d

ecis

ion

to re

ject

Opt

ion

4 I.e

. a m

arke

t driv

en a

ppro

ach.

Thi

s w

ill m

ake

a st

rong

co

ntrib

utio

n to

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t.

Para

grap

h6.

1143

The

first

sen

tenc

e sh

ould

mak

e re

fere

nce

to e

ncou

ragi

ng w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g.

Para

grap

h6.

1545

This

mak

es n

o re

fere

nce

to a

ny s

trate

gic

prio

ritie

s in

rela

tion

to w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g.

Para

grap

h6.

1633

6Fi

nal p

arag

raph

in s

usta

inab

le li

ving

. P

leas

e cl

arify

poi

nt o

n su

bmiti

ng a

Sus

tain

abilit

y S

tate

men

t.

Para

grap

h6.

221

8Su

ppor

t the

Cou

ncils

dec

isio

n to

put

the

burd

en o

n de

velo

pers

to p

rove

com

plia

nce

with

Pol

icy

3 an

d su

gges

t tha

t the

C

ounc

il cr

iteria

to a

sses

s an

y cl

aim

s th

at m

eetin

g AC

3's

targ

et w

ould

be

unre

ason

able

for a

giv

en d

evel

opm

ent.

Para

grap

h6.

3525

1Th

is p

arag

raph

is w

elco

me

but t

he C

ore

Stra

tegy

sho

uld

mak

e it

clea

r tha

t the

SM

I will

not

be

calle

d up

on to

con

tribu

teto

the

reta

il hi

erar

chy.

Para

grap

h6.

3533

7St

ill c

onte

nd th

at S

tatio

n R

oad

Eagl

escl

iffe

is n

ot a

loca

l or n

eigh

bour

hood

cen

tre.

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9It

is im

porta

nt to

reco

gnis

e, th

at th

e va

lue

of h

erita

ge to

the

com

mun

ity is

not

sim

ply

to b

e fo

und

in s

uch

high

sta

tus

set

piec

es s

uch

as m

useu

ms.

Com

mun

ities

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

ack

now

ledg

e an

d un

ders

tand

that

the

hist

oric

en

viro

nmen

t is

ever

ywhe

re.

With

rega

rds

to th

e bu

ildin

g sc

hool

s fo

r the

futu

re p

rogr

amm

e, w

here

bui

ldin

gs a

re

poss

esse

d of

som

e hi

stor

ic m

erit,

by

virtu

e of

list

ing

or c

onse

rvat

ion

stat

us, e

very

effo

rt sh

ould

be

mad

e to

reta

in th

em

in e

duca

tiona

l use

and

to a

dapt

them

. W

here

this

is n

ot p

ossi

ble,

the

coun

cil a

gree

s a

robu

st e

xit s

trate

gy w

hich

en

sure

s th

e sy

mpa

thet

ic c

onve

rsio

n of

the

scho

ol b

uild

ings

to o

ther

use

s. P

leas

e fin

d en

clos

ed a

cop

y of

the

Eng

lish

Her

itage

pos

ition

sta

tem

ent o

n th

is is

sue.

Para

grap

h6.

418

4Po

licy

CS

1 se

ems

to s

prea

d re

gene

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts a

nd p

riorit

ies

out w

ith th

e ex

istin

g ce

ntre

s.

Para

grap

h6.

4231

4Al

so re

leva

nt to

par

as 6

.43

to 6

.66.

Pol

icy

shou

ld b

e am

ende

d to

wid

en th

e sc

ope

for t

he p

rovi

sion

for h

igh

qual

ity lo

w

dens

ity h

ousi

ng a

s an

ext

ensi

on to

exi

stin

g vi

llage

lim

its s

o as

to e

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t on

the

land

sou

th o

f Kno

wle

s C

lose

, Kirk

levi

ngto

n.

Para

grap

h6.

4231

6By

all

acco

unts

, the

Tee

s Va

lley

econ

omy

is im

prov

ing

and

seem

s lik

ely

to d

o so

for s

ome

time

to c

ome

on th

e st

reng

th o

f new

tech

nolo

gies

and

em

ploy

men

t sou

rces

loca

ting

here

. At

som

e tim

e ho

useh

old

grow

th is

con

tinui

ng.

This

will

only

bec

ome

mor

e of

a fe

atur

e as

the

popu

latio

n gr

ows

with

incr

easi

ng in

mig

ratio

n. T

he c

umul

ativ

e ef

fect

of

such

driv

ers

will

be

a ne

ed fo

r mor

e ho

usin

g th

an is

iden

tifie

d in

eac

h of

the

optio

ns p

ut fo

rwar

d. T

he B

orou

gh is

goi

ngto

stru

ggle

to k

eep

pace

with

the

incr

easi

ng d

eman

d fo

r hou

sing

bec

ause

so

muc

h ne

w d

evel

opm

ent i

s pr

opos

ed in

ar

eas

diffi

cult

to d

evel

op.

In a

dditi

on th

e co

ntex

t or s

ettin

g of

suc

h si

tes

will

prej

udic

e th

eir a

ppea

l for

hou

seho

lds

who

ha

ve c

onsi

dera

bly

high

er a

spira

tions

for h

ousi

ng.

This

will

rest

rict t

he p

hase

of h

ousi

ng p

rovi

sion

and

will

lead

to

pres

sure

s to

rele

ase

mor

e re

adily

dev

elop

ed s

ites

in o

rder

to m

aint

ain

the

requ

ired

cont

inuo

us s

uppl

y of

land

for

hous

ing.

The

pres

sure

s re

ferr

ed to

abo

ve s

houl

d be

refle

cted

in a

bro

ader

vie

w o

ver t

he d

istri

butio

n of

hou

sing

, the

stra

tegy

be

ing

flexi

ble

enou

gh to

allo

w s

peci

fic s

ites

that

qua

lify

for t

he p

rovi

sion

of h

igh

qual

ity h

ousi

ng w

ith in

cide

ntal

ben

efits

of

con

tribu

ting

to e

cono

mic

gro

wth

, the

cre

atio

n of

pub

lic a

sset

s su

ch a

s pa

rks

and

acce

ssib

le s

ervi

ces

open

spa

ces

or s

uch

othe

r crit

eria

as

may

be

agre

ed.

Land

at P

rest

on F

arm

wou

ld b

e su

itabl

e fo

r suc

h sp

ecifi

c co

nsid

erat

ion.

Para

grap

h6.

4231

9R

elev

ant t

o Pa

ra 6

.42-

6.66

. Th

e ho

usin

g nu

mbe

rs re

lied

upon

dep

end

on th

e R

egio

nal S

patia

l Stra

tegy

whi

ch h

as y

et

to b

e co

nfirm

ed.

Hou

seho

ld g

row

th a

nd s

igns

of a

n in

crea

sing

am

ount

of i

mm

igra

tion

into

the

Tees

Val

ley

may

in

fluen

ce th

e ev

entu

al n

umbe

rs to

be

acco

mm

odat

ed.

Cre

atin

g an

infle

xibl

e po

licy

that

doe

s no

t rec

ogni

se th

e po

ssib

ility

of g

row

th b

eyon

d ea

rlier

est

imat

es w

ill de

pend

upo

n ec

onom

ic g

row

th.

Para

grap

h6.

4326

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no fu

rther

pol

itica

l int

erfe

renc

e in

the

plan

ning

pro

cess

. Th

ere

is a

pol

itica

l des

ire to

cre

ate

a C

ity

Reg

ion

at th

e ex

pens

e of

the

desi

res

of th

e po

pula

tion.

Also

the

plan

sho

uld

be tr

eate

d as

a fl

exib

le d

ocum

ent t

hrou

ghou

t its

forth

com

ing

perio

d ta

king

into

acc

ount

cha

nges

in

pop

ulat

ion,

imm

igra

tion

and

chan

ges

in g

uida

nce

from

Cen

tral G

over

nmen

t on

gree

n be

lt de

velo

pmen

t.

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8Th

is p

arag

raph

sta

ted

"The

impo

rtanc

e of

the

SM

I is

ackn

owle

dged

thro

ugh

the

addi

tion

of th

e 20

% fl

exib

ility

allo

wan

ce to

del

iver

the

hous

ing

elem

ent o

f thi

s ke

y re

gene

ratio

n in

itiat

ive.

This

sho

uld

be a

men

ded

to re

fer t

o th

e N

orth

Sho

re, t

oget

her w

ith S

MI.

Nor

th S

hore

a s

igni

fican

t sch

eme

and

is

iden

tifie

d w

ithin

the

RS

S a

s be

ing

of re

gion

al im

porta

nce.

We

cons

ider

that

suc

h an

am

endm

ent w

ould

mak

e th

is

para

grap

h so

und

give

n at

pre

sent

it d

oes

not r

epre

sent

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

in a

ll th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces,

con

trary

to

PPS

12, P

ara.

24

vi.

Para

grap

h6.

4833

820

% fl

exib

ility

is to

o hi

gh, p

leas

e re

duce

to 1

0-15

%

Para

grap

h6.

515

6Th

e m

ajor

ity o

f Bro

wnf

ield

land

doe

s no

t lie

with

in th

e C

ore

Are

a (IC

I hea

rtlan

ds).

It is

not

cle

ar fr

om th

e su

ppor

ting

text

how

rede

velo

ping

the

core

are

a su

ppor

ts th

e ro

les

of S

tock

ton,

Billi

ngha

m,

Thor

naby

and

Yar

m.

Gre

enfie

ld d

evel

opm

ent s

eem

s lik

ely

to c

reat

e th

e co

nditi

ons

whi

ch w

ill a

llow

the

Cor

e A

rea

pote

ntia

l to

be re

alis

ed.

This

wou

ld in

clud

e pa

rk a

nd ri

de fa

cilit

ies,

met

ro in

terc

hang

es a

nd s

econ

dary

road

net

wor

ks.

Para

grap

h6.

5033

9Pl

ease

def

ine

a m

odes

t sca

le. W

e be

lieve

this

is to

o w

oolly

an

idea

.

Para

grap

h6.

5316

3C

once

rned

that

del

iver

abili

ty w

ill be

a s

igni

fican

t fac

tor.

Hop

e th

at th

e SH

LAA

proc

ess

will

be

robu

st e

noug

h to

ens

ure

that

site

s ar

e tru

ly c

apab

le o

f dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e pl

an p

erio

d w

ithou

t req

uirin

g in

vest

men

t in

infra

stru

ctur

e w

hich

th

e si

te is

inca

pabl

e of

del

iver

ing

thro

ugh

the

norm

al s

106

proc

ess.

Nee

d to

ens

ure

key

cons

ulte

es s

uch

as H

ighw

ays

Agen

cy h

ave

acce

pted

the

deliv

erab

ility

of s

ites

befo

re th

ey a

re a

ccep

ted

as "c

omm

itted

" site

s.

Para

grap

h6.

5616

4Th

is p

ositi

on s

eem

s un

duly

rest

rictiv

e an

d fli

es in

the

face

of p

ast e

xper

ienc

e. I

t is

likel

y to

per

vers

e si

tuat

ions

with

ot

herw

ise

sust

aina

ble

prop

osal

s be

ing

refu

sed

perm

issi

on.

Nee

d to

reco

gnis

e th

at u

npla

nned

pro

posa

ls w

ill co

me

forw

ard

and

prov

ide

crite

ria fo

r the

ir de

term

inat

ion

by re

fere

nce

to s

usta

inab

le o

bjec

tives

.

Para

grap

h6.

624

8Th

e di

ffere

nt ro

les

of th

e SM

I and

Sto

ckto

n to

wn

cent

re n

eed

to b

e re

cogn

ised

to a

ssis

t with

the

rege

nera

tion

of

Stoc

kton

tow

n ce

ntre

.

Para

grap

h6.

6534

0Th

e is

sue

of fl

atte

d de

velo

pmen

t nee

ds to

be

rein

forc

ed in

this

doc

umen

t.

Para

grap

h6.

7034

1En

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n St

atem

ent 1

- pl

ease

def

ine

wha

t the

cha

ract

er o

f the

se v

illag

es m

eans

.

Para

grap

h6.

7159

Also

incl

ude

the

Tees

mou

th N

atio

nal N

atur

e R

eser

ve.

The

supp

ortin

g te

xt s

houl

d m

ake

refe

renc

e to

the

requ

irem

ent

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ny p

rote

cted

spe

cies

are

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt, i

f im

pact

can

not b

e av

oide

d ap

prop

riate

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

mus

t be

incl

uded

in a

ny p

ropo

sal,

taki

ng in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he C

onse

rvat

ion

Nat

ural

H

abita

ts R

egul

atio

ns 2

007

and

the

Wild

life

and

Cou

ntry

side

Act

198

1.

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1Al

so re

leva

nt to

Par

a 6.

75.

Thes

e pa

ragr

aphs

do

not f

ully

take

into

acc

ount

the

sequ

entia

l tes

t req

uire

men

ts o

f PP

S25

. Th

is s

houl

d be

add

ed in

. Al

so, s

urfa

ce w

ater

issu

es a

nd p

oten

tial f

lood

ing

may

be

a co

nstra

int i

n Fl

ood

Zone

1,

con

trary

to w

hat i

s st

ated

in 6

.75.

Para

grap

h7.

134

2Th

e an

nual

mon

itorin

g re

port

will

be

cruc

ial.

Wha

t is

the

gove

rnan

ce s

truct

ure

for t

his

and

how

will

it b

e sh

ared

as

per

the

SC

I.

Polic

y1

114

Plea

sed

that

the

pref

erre

d op

tion

take

s in

to a

ccou

nt th

e lik

elih

ood

that

the

rem

aini

ng u

rban

are

a ou

tsid

e th

e C

ore

Area

s w

ill co

ntin

ue to

pro

vide

hou

sing

bec

ause

of t

he B

row

nfie

ld la

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

whi

ch w

ill a

rise

ther

e. S

uppo

rt th

e co

ntin

ued

refe

renc

e to

Bow

esfie

ld in

term

s of

em

ploy

men

t gen

erat

ion

alth

ough

we

feel

the

term

"ind

ustri

al e

stat

e"

does

not

ade

quat

ely

desc

ribe

Bow

esfie

ld o

r Tee

sdal

e. T

his

shou

ld b

e ch

ange

d to

Bus

ines

s Es

tate

.

Polic

y1

123

Fully

sup

port

this

pol

icy

whi

ch fo

cuse

s th

e ho

usin

g an

d em

ploy

men

t dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e C

ore

Area

, inc

ludi

ng

iden

tific

atio

n of

Nor

th S

hore

as

a ke

y re

gene

ratio

n si

te.

This

pol

icy

acco

rds

with

PPS

3 an

d th

e em

ergi

ng R

SS.

Im

porta

ntly

, Pol

icy

7.1

of th

e em

ergi

ng R

SS

requ

ires

prio

rity

to b

e gi

ven

to th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

the

core

rege

nera

tion

area

s of

the

SMI,

with

Pol

icy

13 id

entif

ying

Nor

th S

hore

as

one

of th

e 8

Brow

nfie

ld m

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

ts.

Polic

y1

133

Scal

e of

the

cent

re s

uppo

rting

Ingl

eby

Bar

wic

k is

inap

prop

riate

to m

eet t

he n

eeds

of t

he lo

cal r

esid

ents

. E

xpan

sion

of

the

cent

re, i

nclu

ding

pro

visi

on o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(whi

ch s

houl

d in

clud

e in

crea

sed

reta

il flo

orsp

ace)

wou

ld

prov

ide

a ce

ntre

for a

mor

e ad

equa

te s

ize

to s

uppo

rt 20

,000

+ p

opul

atio

n.

Prov

isio

n of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

at th

e ce

ntre

of I

ngle

by B

arw

ick

wou

ld h

elp

to s

uppo

rt su

stai

nabi

lity

obje

ctiv

es,

incl

udin

g m

inim

isin

g th

e ne

ed to

trav

el a

nd re

duci

ng c

ar d

epen

denc

y as

set

out

in S

C2.

Polic

y1

146

Cla

use

6 w

ill ra

ise

diffi

culti

es o

f int

erpr

etat

ion.

Wha

t is

a su

stai

nabl

e se

ttlem

ent o

r nei

ghbo

urho

od?

"Dem

onst

rabl

y ne

cess

ary"

impl

ies

that

ther

e ex

ists

som

e ob

ject

ive

asse

ssm

ent t

ool.

We

are

not a

war

e of

suc

h a

tool

.

Vita

lity

and

Via

bilit

y se

ems

to b

e bo

rrow

ed fr

om re

tail

circ

les

and

also

impl

ies

a ce

rtain

ty re

latin

g to

ass

essm

ent.

Sent

ence

sho

uld

be re

wor

ded:

1. S

peci

fic p

rovi

sion

sho

uld

be a

llow

ed fo

r dev

elop

men

t whi

ch w

ould

giv

e ris

e to

a re

duct

ion

in c

arbo

n co

nsum

ptio

n o f

a

use

or s

ite.

As

draf

ted,

the

polic

y w

ould

pre

vent

a n

ew u

se c

omin

g fo

rwar

d w

hich

con

sum

ed le

ss c

arbo

n th

an a

n ex

istin

g us

e.

2. T

here

is n

o sp

ecifi

c di

scus

sion

of w

hat a

zer

o po

licy

wou

ld h

ave

for t

he o

vera

ll he

alth

and

wel

l-bei

ng o

f vill

age

com

mun

ities

. T

he b

enef

its o

f dev

elop

ing

with

in th

e "h

eart"

nee

ds to

be

coun

ter b

alan

ced

with

a tr

ansp

aren

t deb

ate

abou

t the

neg

ativ

e im

pact

s of

suc

h a

stra

tegy

in b

oth

the

villa

ges

and

oute

r are

as o

f Sto

ckto

n.

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Ref

eren

ce to

(4).

Th

e co

ntin

ued

prom

otio

n of

Dur

ham

Lan

e In

dust

rial E

stat

e se

ems

som

ewha

t stra

nge

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

he a

ctua

l se

rvic

e of

Arti

cle

14 d

irect

ives

by

the

Hig

hway

s Ag

ency

. It

is n

ot u

nder

stoo

d ho

w a

pro

mot

iona

l sta

nce

can

be

artic

ulat

ed w

ithou

t als

o cl

arify

ing

the

pre-

requ

isite

s fo

r suc

h gr

owth

taki

ng p

lace

. Th

ese

shou

ld b

e cl

early

set

out

. N

eed

to re

-ass

ess

the

cond

ition

s re

quire

d fo

r con

tinue

d pr

omot

ion

of D

urha

m L

ane

Indu

stria

l Est

ate

and

iden

tify

them

in

the

supp

ortin

g te

xt.

This

will

invo

lve

the

rem

odel

ling

of th

e El

ton

Inte

rcha

nge

incl

udin

g a

Park

and

Rid

e sc

hem

e.

Polic

y1

159

Ref

ers

to p

ara

6.8.

Thi

s pa

ragr

aph

appe

ars

to b

e la

rgel

y w

ritte

n in

the

futu

re te

nse

and

it is

mor

e ap

prop

riate

as

a vi

sion

sta

tem

ent.

It is

not

gro

unde

d in

the

real

ity o

f the

pre

sent

. It

does

not

def

ine

or re

cogn

ise

the

chal

leng

es to

de

liver

y of

the

stra

tegy

. C

ar u

se is

mos

t unl

ikel

y to

redu

ce a

nd n

eeds

to b

e pl

anne

d fo

r. N

eed

to re

cogn

ise

the

need

to

con

tinue

to p

lan

for i

ncre

ased

car

usa

ge w

hils

t als

o se

ekin

g to

pro

vide

for c

redi

ble

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort a

ltern

ativ

es.

Polic

y1

183

Supp

ort t

his

polic

y. W

elco

me

the

prio

rity

to b

e gi

ven

to p

revi

ousl

y de

velo

ped

land

but

bel

ieve

that

this

sho

uld

be

supp

lem

ente

d by

refe

renc

e to

exi

stin

g bu

ildin

gs a

nd b

uilt

fabr

ic.

Man

y hi

stor

ic b

uild

ings

with

in th

e ur

ban

core

are

ca

pabl

e of

repa

ir, c

onve

rsio

n an

d ad

apta

tion.

Con

cern

that

Nor

th S

hore

will

dra

w fo

cus

from

tow

n ce

ntre

. Pr

ojec

ts w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

sup

port

the

Tow

n C

entre

. Th

e po

licy

shou

ld a

lso

requ

ire th

e de

liver

y of

the

Nor

th S

hore

Dev

elop

men

t to

addi

tiona

lly s

uppo

rt, a

nd n

ot d

etra

ct fr

om,

the

rena

issa

nce

of th

e To

wn

Cen

tre.

Prop

osal

s w

hich

do

not s

houl

d be

resi

sted

.

Polic

y1

194

Wel

com

e th

e fa

ct th

at T

horn

aby

is id

entif

ied

as a

n ar

ea w

here

the

rem

aini

ng h

ousi

ng g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e di

rect

ed to

war

ds a

fter t

he C

ore

Area

. Th

is w

ill h

elp

in th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

Tho

rnab

y D

istri

ct C

entre

by

incr

easi

ng th

e si

ze o

f the

pop

ulat

ion

that

the

cent

re w

ill s

erve

. C

are

will

nee

d to

be

unde

rtake

n to

ens

ure

such

dev

elop

men

t, pa

rticu

larly

hou

sing

is re

adily

acc

essi

ble

to T

horn

aby

Dis

trict

Cen

tre, a

nd o

ther

wis

e an

y re

gene

ratio

n be

nefit

s m

ay b

e er

oded

by

leak

age

to o

ther

cen

tres

or o

ut o

f the

tow

n ce

ntre

s.

Polic

y1

214

Dev

elop

men

t in

the

Seal

San

ds a

rea

has

sign

ifica

nt im

plic

atio

ns fo

r lik

ely

impa

cts

of th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

on

the

SPA.

W

e no

te fr

om th

e R

egen

erat

ion

DP

D is

sues

and

opt

ions

con

sulta

tion

(Map

10)

that

a n

umbe

r of a

lloca

tions

in th

e Se

al

Sand

s ar

ea a

re lo

cate

d w

here

dev

elop

men

ts w

ould

pot

entia

lly c

ause

adv

erse

effe

cts

on th

e S

PA.

Giv

en th

e st

rong

le

gal p

rote

ctio

n pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e H

abita

ts re

gula

tions

, it m

ay n

ot b

e po

ssib

le fo

r a n

umbe

r of t

hese

allo

catio

ns to

be

brou

ght f

orw

ard.

Wel

com

e th

e de

cisi

on to

incl

ude

polic

y ex

plic

itly

prot

ectin

g th

e S

PA w

ithin

SC

2, a

lthou

gh th

e te

rmin

olog

y us

ed is

mor

e ap

prop

riate

in S

SSIs

rath

er th

an N

atur

al s

ites.

The

re is

a n

eed

to ta

ke a

mor

e rig

orou

s ap

proa

ch th

an in

clud

ing

polic

y st

atin

g th

at n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

in S

PA in

tegr

ity w

ill be

allo

wed

.

Prop

ose

the

follo

win

g w

ordi

ng:

"In ta

king

forw

ard

rege

nera

tion

prop

osal

s al

ong

the

river

cor

ridor

and

at S

eal S

ands

, it

will

be n

eces

sary

to e

nsur

e th

at th

ere

is n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

inte

grity

of t

he S

PA a

nd R

amsa

r site

, eith

er a

lone

or

in c

ombi

natio

n w

ith o

ther

pla

ns a

nd p

rogr

amm

es.

Dev

elop

men

ts w

ill be

dire

cted

to s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

ns w

here

ad

vers

e ef

fect

s on

site

inte

grity

will

be a

void

ed."

SC1

shou

ld c

larif

y th

at a

ny a

lloca

tions

with

in s

ubse

quen

t DP

Ds

will

be d

irect

ed to

loca

tions

whe

re a

dver

se im

pact

s on

th

e SP

A w

ill b

e av

oide

d.

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y

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y1

232

Obj

ect t

o C

S1.

The

Spat

ial s

trate

gy in

term

s of

hou

sing

land

issu

es is

frag

ile a

nd u

nlik

ely

to d

eliv

er th

e w

ider

as

pira

tions

for t

he B

orou

gh d

etai

led

in th

e S

patia

l Vis

ion

and

the

Com

mun

ity P

lan.

The

Cor

e A

rea,

as

defin

ed o

n th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

Dia

gram

, com

pris

es o

nly

a re

lativ

ely

smal

l are

a of

the

Bor

ough

and

lack

s di

vers

ity in

term

s of

its

envi

ronm

ent a

nd th

eref

ore

limits

the

type

of h

ousi

ng m

arke

t tha

t any

new

dev

elop

men

t will

serv

e. I

t is

unre

alis

tic

ther

efor

e to

exp

ect t

his

area

to d

eliv

er th

e le

vel,

rang

e an

d ch

oice

of h

ouse

bui

ldin

g th

at is

ant

icip

ated

in th

e P

olic

y an

das

suc

h th

e P

olic

y fa

ils S

ound

ness

Tes

t 7.

The

Cor

e A

rea,

bec

ause

of i

ts h

igh

leve

ls o

f acc

essi

bilit

y/su

stai

nabi

lity,

is a

muc

h su

itabl

e lo

catio

n fo

r em

ploy

men

t and

co

mm

erci

al u

ses

and

shou

ld b

e im

porta

nt to

this

type

of d

evel

opm

ent d

urin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to b

alan

ce th

e C

ore

Area

with

dev

elop

men

t in

othe

r par

ts o

f the

Bor

ough

, par

ticul

arly

the

serv

ice

villa

ges.

Polic

y1

233

Supp

ort t

he p

ropo

sal t

o ad

d a

20%

flex

ibili

ty e

lem

ent t

o th

e R

SS re

quire

men

ts.

It is

cle

ar fr

om P

PS3

and

the

RS

S Pr

opos

ed C

hang

es th

at th

e R

SS

net

hou

sing

requ

irem

ent f

igur

es a

re n

ot a

cei

ling

and

are

only

inte

nded

to b

e a

guid

e.

The

flexi

bilit

y el

emen

t doe

s no

t app

ear t

o ta

ke a

ccou

nt o

f the

fact

that

Tee

s V

alle

y Li

ving

has

rece

ntly

sub

mitt

ed a

bid

fo

r the

Tee

s V

alle

y to

bec

ome

a G

row

th P

oint

. Th

is c

ould

incr

ease

hou

sing

requ

irem

ents

furth

er.

Wou

ld o

bjec

t to

the

prop

osed

dis

tribu

tion

of re

mai

ning

, non

com

mitt

ed h

ousi

ng re

quire

men

t as

deta

iled

in th

e po

licy.

M

altb

y in

par

ticul

ar c

ould

sup

port

mor

e ho

usin

g.

The

Cor

e St

rate

gy o

nly

allo

cate

s 14

dw

ellin

gs in

the

Rur

al A

rea

betw

een

now

and

202

4.. T

his

fails

to e

stab

lish

how

th

is a

im w

ill b

e ac

hiev

ed in

term

s of

allo

catin

g a

deliv

erab

le a

mou

nt o

f site

s fo

r fut

ure

hous

ing

deve

lopm

ent i

n se

rvic

e vi

llage

s. I

t wou

ld fa

il to

refle

ct th

e ne

cess

ity "t

o m

aint

ain

and

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of s

usta

inab

le s

ettle

men

ts a

nd

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds".

Thi

s nu

mbe

r sho

uld

be in

crea

sed

to a

t lea

st 5

0 dw

ellin

gs in

eac

h of

the

thre

e Pl

an p

erio

ds to

202

4.

The

site

Nor

th o

f Mal

tby

as id

entif

ied

in M

ap 2

4 A

ppen

dix

2 of

the

Reg

ener

atio

ns D

PD

wou

ld re

pres

ent t

he b

est

loca

tion

for a

hou

sing

allo

catio

n to

sus

tain

the

long

term

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of M

altb

y.

Polic

y1

234

CS1

fails

to re

cogn

ise

the

need

to p

rovi

de s

ome

mod

est d

evel

opm

ent i

n ru

ral a

reas

, par

ticul

arly

rura

l ser

vice

cen

tres

in o

rder

to m

aint

ain

som

e de

gree

of v

italit

y an

d al

low

them

to b

enef

it in

som

e gr

owth

.

Crit

erio

n 6

is s

uppo

rted.

Thi

s ne

eds

to b

e su

ppor

ted

by a

ltera

tion

to d

evel

opm

ent l

imits

and

pos

itive

ly p

lann

ing

for

som

e gr

owth

with

impr

ovem

ent t

o se

rvic

e in

frast

ruct

ure

and

villa

ge p

rovi

sion

s.

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24Th

e bo

unda

ries

of th

e ho

usin

g su

bdiv

isio

n ar

eas

appe

ar to

be

exce

ptio

nally

tigh

t. O

ver t

he p

lan

perio

d th

is is

not

su

stai

nabl

e no

mat

ter w

hat i

s fe

lt to

be

the

stra

tegy

to c

ram

the

popu

latio

n in

to th

e ce

ntre

of t

he C

ity re

gion

. N

eed

to

expa

nd th

e lim

its o

f the

hou

sing

sub

divi

sion

s, p

artic

ular

ly th

at o

f Sto

ckto

n (a

rea

2) to

the

wes

t. T

his

will

mak

e us

e of

ex

istin

g in

frast

ruct

ure

and

easi

ly c

onst

ruct

ed n

ew in

frast

ruct

ure

on lo

w q

ualit

y la

nd.

Sim

ilarly

exp

and

the

limit

of a

rea

4to

the

sout

h.

Cha

nge

the

wor

ds "m

ajor

ity o

f hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t" to

"som

e ho

usin

g de

velo

pmen

t".

Cha

nge

"ens

urin

g th

at th

e re

mai

ning

hou

sing

gro

wth

in d

evel

opm

ent t

akes

pla

ce in

the

rem

aini

ng u

rban

are

a et

c" to

"e

nsur

ing

that

mos

t of t

he re

mai

ning

hou

sing

gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

t tak

es p

lace

in th

e re

mai

ning

urb

an a

reas

etc

".

Cha

nge

6 to

read

as

follo

ws

"Els

ewhe

re, d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

vill

age

limits

will

be s

mal

l sca

le, l

ow k

ey g

row

th

dem

onst

rata

bly

nece

ssar

y to

mai

ntai

n th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abili

ty o

f sus

tain

able

set

tlem

ents

and

nei

ghbo

urho

ods.

D

evel

opm

ent o

utsi

de v

illag

e lim

its w

ill b

e lo

oked

at o

n th

eir p

artic

ular

mer

its a

nd w

ith a

vie

w to

mee

ting

the

goal

s of

su

stai

nabi

lity

and

to h

elp

mai

ntai

n th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abili

ty o

f the

set

tlem

ent c

once

rned

".

Polic

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247

We

ques

tion

the

appr

opria

tene

ss o

f com

bini

ng th

e SM

I with

Sto

ckto

n To

wn

Cen

tre in

to o

ne a

rea

unle

ss w

e ca

n be

as

sure

d th

at th

e C

ounc

il is

com

mitt

ed to

faci

litat

ing

the

impr

ovem

ent o

f Sto

ckto

n to

wn

cent

re a

nd re

cogn

ises

the

oppo

rtuni

ties

for r

egen

erat

ion

arou

nd W

ellin

gton

Squ

are.

Polic

y1

271

The

Cou

ncil

is o

f the

opi

nion

that

the

docu

men

t wou

ld b

enef

it fro

m p

rovi

ding

mor

e cl

arity

rega

rdin

g th

e ro

le o

f Sto

ckto

nin

taki

ng fo

rwar

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he T

ees

Valle

y ci

ty R

egio

n. I

n th

is re

spec

t, it

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at p

olic

y C

S1

wou

ld b

enef

it fro

m p

rovi

ding

mor

e de

tail

of th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n St

ockt

on a

nd M

iddl

esbr

ough

in c

reat

ing

a vi

bran

t an

d su

cces

sful

hea

rt to

the

city

regi

on.

Polic

y1

301

The

agen

cy is

sup

porti

ve o

f loc

atin

g de

velo

pmen

t on

prev

ious

ly d

evel

oped

land

with

in e

xist

ing

cent

res,

par

ticul

arly

w

here

ther

e is

goo

d ac

cess

to a

var

iety

of s

usta

inab

le m

odes

of t

rans

port.

How

ever

, as

prev

ious

ly s

tate

d, a

ny

deve

lopm

ent t

hat c

ould

hav

e a

detri

men

tal i

mpa

ct u

pon

the

SRN

wou

ld re

quire

furth

er a

sses

smen

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

the

prov

isio

ns o

f Circ

ular

02/

2007

. Fu

rther

, the

age

ncy

will

be

able

to p

rovi

de a

mor

e de

taile

d as

sess

men

t of i

ndiv

idua

pote

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t site

s du

ring

its re

view

of t

he R

egen

erat

ion

DP

D.

Polic

y1

315

Rel

evan

t to

6.1

to 6

.10.

The

Spa

tial s

trate

gy s

houl

d be

wid

ened

to in

clud

e re

fere

nce

to th

e ac

cept

abili

ty o

f site

s ou

tsid

e th

e co

re a

rea,

whi

ch o

ffer t

he p

rosp

ect o

f inn

ovat

ive

high

qua

lity

mod

ern

hous

ing.

Suc

h si

tes

coul

d in

clud

e fo

r a

mod

est a

mou

nt o

f dev

elop

men

t in

parti

cula

r gre

en w

edge

s w

here

hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t cou

ld b

e pe

rmitt

ed,

suffi

cien

t in

size

to fu

nd c

ompl

emen

tary

cou

ntry

par

k or

par

klan

d tre

atm

ent t

o th

e ba

lanc

e of

gre

en w

edge

, thi

s to

be

dedi

cate

d fo

r pub

lic c

omm

unity

use

. Suc

h an

app

roac

h w

ould

ope

n up

pub

lic a

cces

s to

gre

en w

edge

s on

the

basi

s of

lim

ited

deve

lopm

ent t

hat w

ould

nei

ther

com

prom

ise

the

inte

grity

of t

he g

reen

wed

ge n

or it

s fu

nctio

n in

mai

ntai

ning

se

para

tion

betw

een

settl

emen

ts.

Land

at P

rest

on F

arm

wou

ld p

rese

nt s

uch

an o

ppor

tuni

ty.

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By re

lyin

g on

Opt

ion

1, th

e st

rate

gy b

ecom

es to

rest

rictiv

e. N

ot p

erm

ittin

g de

velo

pmen

t with

in ru

ral s

ettle

men

ts e

ven

with

in c

urre

nt v

illag

e en

velo

pes

prec

lude

s th

e co

ntrib

utio

n vi

llage

site

s ca

n m

ake

to e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t by

prov

idin

g qu

ality

site

s fo

r bes

poke

hou

sing

. W

hile

a c

erta

in a

mou

nt o

f suc

h ho

usin

g m

ay b

e fe

asib

le w

ithin

sel

ect

parts

of t

he u

rban

are

as, t

here

will

still

be

a de

man

d fo

r thi

s ty

pe o

f hou

sing

in th

e ru

ral a

reas

and

the

plan

ning

pro

ces s

shou

ld a

ckno

wle

dge

this

fact

by

allo

win

g fo

r gro

wth

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e vi

llage

s.

Polic

y1

318

In te

rms

of s

atis

fyin

g th

e ne

ed to

del

iver

land

ava

ilabl

e fo

r hou

sing

and

pro

vide

a fi

ve-y

ear s

uppl

y, th

e po

licy

is

unne

cess

arily

rest

rictiv

e. B

ecau

se it

dep

ends

on

the

rede

velo

pmen

t of e

xist

ing

site

s, l

and

with

in th

e C

ore

Are

a an

d ce

rtain

oth

er H

ousi

ng S

ub-d

ivis

ions

in u

nlik

ely

to c

ome

forw

ard

in th

e tim

e su

gges

ted

and

ther

e is

a n

eed

to in

clud

e ad

ditio

nal s

ites

whi

ch a

re a

t pre

sent

out

side

the

limit

of th

e ur

ban

area

to e

nsur

e co

ntin

uity

of s

uppl

y.

Polic

y1

320

Wyn

yard

Est

ates

con

side

rs th

at W

ynya

rd s

houl

d be

trea

ted

in a

sim

ilar w

ay to

that

of I

ngle

by B

arw

ick

whe

reby

the

Cou

ncil

has

reco

gnis

ed th

at th

ere

is a

sim

ilar r

equi

rem

ent t

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

whi

ch

cont

ribut

e to

war

ds th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

and

viab

ility

of th

e se

ttlem

ent.

Pro

visi

on s

houl

d be

mad

e w

ithin

the

plan

for

prov

isio

n of

thos

e m

issi

ng fa

cilit

ies

requ

ired

to c

reat

e a

cohe

sive

and

sus

tain

able

com

mun

ity to

geth

er w

ith m

axim

isin

g th

e op

portu

nity

for a

dditi

onal

hou

sing

.

The

reco

gniti

on a

t bul

let 5

that

a re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant e

mpl

oym

ent c

lust

er w

ill be

sup

porte

d at

Wyn

yard

is w

elco

med

an

d su

ppor

ted.

Dra

win

g up

on th

e co

mm

ents

of t

he p

rece

ding

sec

tion,

to e

nsur

e te

st v

ii, th

at th

e st

rate

gy is

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

, the

reis

a re

quire

men

t for

an

addi

tiona

l bul

let p

oint

sta

ting;

"sup

porti

ng th

e co

ntin

ued

deve

lopm

ent o

f Wyn

yard

to c

reat

e a

sust

aina

ble

com

mun

ity w

ith in

crea

sed

serv

ices

and

fa

cilit

ies.

"

This

will

ens

ure

that

hou

sing

and

em

ploy

men

t are

pro

vide

d in

par

alle

l, po

licy

CS1

alre

ady

ackn

owle

dgin

g th

at a

re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant e

mpl

oym

ent c

lust

er a

t Wyn

yard

will

be s

uppo

rted.

Thi

s ad

ditio

nal b

ulle

t will

also

ens

ure

that

the

prov

isio

n of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

whi

ch w

ill co

ntrib

ute

tow

ards

the

sust

aina

bilit

y an

d vi

talit

y of

Wyn

yard

can

be

secu

red.

Polic

y1

349

Supp

ort t

he e

mph

asis

on

ensu

ring

hous

ing

take

s pl

ace

in th

e ur

ban

area

. Bu

t obj

ect t

hat i

t ign

ores

Nor

ton

once

aga

in

I sug

gest

that

Nor

ton

is in

clud

ed a

s a

dist

rict c

entre

that

nee

ds s

uppo

rting

.

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Prop

osal

s to

incl

ude

land

out

side

the

Cor

e Ar

ea is

wel

com

ed h

owev

er th

is s

houl

d no

t sol

ely

for e

mpl

oym

ent r

athe

r it

shou

ld b

e a

mix

ed-u

se a

nd re

side

ntia

l sch

eme.

Poi

nt 1

of th

e C

S1

does

not

allo

w th

e C

ounc

il to

ach

ieve

the

gove

rnm

ents

key

hou

sing

pol

icy

goal

whi

ch is

to e

nsur

e th

at e

very

one

has

the

oppo

rtuni

ty o

f liv

ing

in a

dec

ent h

ome,

w

hich

they

can

affo

rd, i

n a

com

mun

ity w

here

they

wan

t to

live"

.

Polic

y C

S1

conf

licts

with

PPS

3 P

lann

ing

for H

ousi

ng p

olic

y ob

ject

ives

and

nee

ds to

be

rew

ritte

n. T

here

is to

muc

h em

phas

is o

n th

e co

re a

rea.

Con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

the

dist

inct

are

as o

f Sto

ckto

n ou

tsid

e th

e co

re a

reas

whi

ch m

ake

up a

diff

eren

t ho

usin

g m

arke

t in

the

area

s w

here

peo

ple

wis

h to

live

I.e.

gro

wth

are

as s

uch

as A

llen'

s w

est s

ite in

Eag

lesc

liffe

.

Polic

y1

360

In a

gree

men

t with

Pol

icy

1 ho

wev

er w

e re

ques

t the

follo

win

g re

wor

ding

of c

riter

ia 7

:

"Sup

porti

ng th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s w

hich

con

tribu

te to

war

ds th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

and

vita

lity

of In

gleb

y Ba

rwic

k in

clud

ing

the

com

plet

ion

of h

ousi

ng in

villa

ges

5 an

d 6

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e ap

prov

ed M

aste

rpla

n (2

002)

.

Polic

y1

373

Obj

ect t

o C

S1.

They

con

side

r tha

t the

spa

tial s

trate

gy, i

n te

rms

of h

ousi

ng la

nd is

sues

is fr

agile

. Th

e C

ore

area

co

mpr

ises

a s

mal

l are

a of

the

Bor

ough

and

lack

s di

vers

ity in

term

s of

its

envi

ronm

ent a

nd th

eref

ore

limits

the

type

of

hous

ing

mar

ket t

hat a

ny n

ew d

evel

opm

ent w

ill s

erve

. Fo

r thi

s re

ason

, the

Pol

icy

fails

Sou

ndne

ss T

est 7

.

The

Cor

e A

rea,

bec

ause

of i

ts h

igh

leve

ls o

f acc

essi

bilit

y/su

stai

nabi

lity

is a

muc

h m

ore

suita

ble

loca

tion

for

empl

oym

ent a

nd c

omm

erci

al u

ses

and

shou

ld b

e th

e fo

cus

for t

his

type

of d

evel

opm

ent d

urin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to b

alan

ce d

evel

opm

ent b

etw

een

the

Cor

e Ar

ea a

nd o

ther

par

ts o

f Sto

ckto

n To

wn.

Thi

s ap

proa

ch

shou

ld id

entif

y la

nd in

the

Har

tbur

n G

rang

e Ar

ea, t

o th

e w

est o

f Sto

ckto

n To

wn,

as

a st

rate

gic

Gre

enfie

ld o

ptio

n - a

s pr

evio

usly

env

isag

ed in

the

Tees

Val

ley

Stru

ctur

e P

lan.

Polic

y1

381

The

cont

ribut

ion

that

set

tlem

ents

in th

e ru

ral a

reas

can

mak

e to

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

also

be

reco

gnis

ed.

Crit

erio

n 6.

Of p

olic

y 1

reco

gnis

es th

e ne

ed to

mai

ntai

n th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abili

ty o

f sus

tain

able

set

tlem

ents

. H

owev

er,

ther

e ar

e ot

her s

ettle

men

ts in

the

Bor

ough

who

se s

usta

inab

ility

wou

ld b

enef

it gr

eatly

thro

ugh

a fu

rther

app

ropr

iate

leve

of d

evel

opm

ent.

A pr

ime

exam

ple

is W

ynya

rd V

illag

e w

hich

has

not

yet

atta

ined

the

popu

latio

n th

resh

old

nece

ssar

y to

attr

act a

nd

sust

ain

the

leve

l of f

acili

ties

and

serv

ices

requ

ired

to p

rovi

de fu

lly fo

r the

vill

ages

resi

dent

s an

d so

redu

ce th

e ne

ed fo

r th

em to

acc

ess

serv

ices

out

with

the

villa

ge.

In o

rder

to re

flect

this

we

prop

ose

that

the

wor

ding

of c

riter

ion

6 be

am

ende

d to

read

:

6. "

Else

whe

re, d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

villa

ge li

mits

will

be

smal

l sca

le, l

ow k

ey g

row

th d

emon

stra

tabl

y ne

cess

ary

to

mai

ntai

n or

enh

ance

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of s

usta

inab

le s

ettle

men

ts a

nd n

eigh

bour

hood

s".

37

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e St

rate

gy

Ref

eren

ceC

omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y1

386

Thin

k th

at th

e sp

atia

l stra

tegy

is fr

agile

and

unl

ikel

y to

del

iver

the

wid

er a

spira

tions

for t

he B

orou

gh d

etai

led

in th

e Sp

atia

l Vis

ion

and

Com

mun

ity P

lan.

The

Cor

e A

rea

lack

s di

vers

ity in

term

s of

its

envi

ronm

ent a

nd th

eref

ore

limits

the

type

of h

ousi

ng m

arke

t tha

t any

new

dev

elop

men

t will

serv

e. C

onsi

der i

t unr

ealis

tic th

eref

ore

to e

xpec

t thi

s ar

ea to

de

liver

the

leve

l, ra

nge

and

choi

ce o

f hou

se b

uild

ing

that

is a

ntic

ipat

ed in

the

polic

y an

d as

suc

h th

e P

olic

y fa

ils

Soun

dnes

s Te

st 7

.

The

Cor

e A

rea,

bec

ause

of i

ts h

igh

leve

ls o

f acc

essi

bilit

y, s

usta

inab

ility,

is a

muc

h m

ore

suita

ble

loca

tion

for

empl

oym

ent a

nd c

omm

erci

al u

ses

and

shou

ld b

e th

e im

porta

nt to

this

type

of d

evel

opm

ent d

urin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to b

alan

ce d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e C

ore

Are

a w

ith o

ther

par

ts o

f the

Bor

ough

, par

ticul

arly

ser

vice

villa

ges.

Th

is a

ppro

ach

shou

ld in

clud

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of th

e si

te H

A5

(Lan

d at

Dur

ham

Lan

e R

oad,

Tho

rpe

Thew

les)

as

show

n on

Map

21

of th

e R

egen

erat

ion

Issu

es a

nd O

ptio

ns D

PD, a

s a

sust

aina

ble

serv

ice

villa

ge a

lloca

tion.

Polic

y1

387

Sect

ion

1 - I

t is

impr

actic

al to

requ

ire a

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

ach

ieve

Cod

e 5

imm

edia

tely

. Th

ere

is s

impl

y no

t the

te

chno

logy

, exp

ertis

e, p

rodu

cts

supp

ly c

hain

to d

eliv

er th

is.

Aim

sho

uld

be C

ode

2.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e em

ergi

ng g

uida

nce

PPS2

2, a

chie

ving

suc

h ta

rget

s sh

ould

not

impa

ct n

egat

ivel

y on

the

deliv

erab

ility

of s

ites.

The

re w

ould

be

little

poi

nt in

aim

ing

to a

chie

ve v

ery

high

effi

cien

cy e

tc if

this

resu

lts in

too

few

ho

uses

bei

ng b

uilt

to m

eet t

he ta

rget

s se

t out

els

ewhe

re in

the

Pref

erre

d O

ptio

ns.

Con

cern

ed th

at th

e C

ounc

il ar

e se

ekin

g to

app

ly v

ery

high

on-

site

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion

targ

ets

- sig

nific

antly

i nex

cess

of R

SS

. S

uch

targ

ets

also

app

ear t

o co

nflic

t/dup

licat

e th

e C

ore

for S

usta

inab

le H

omes

and

the

zero

car

bon

targ

et.

Thei

r inc

lusi

on is

unn

eces

saril

y co

nfus

ing

and

they

sho

uld

be d

elet

ed.

Dev

elop

ers

shou

ld n

ot h

ave

to s

ubm

it a

Sust

aina

bilit

y St

atem

ent a

nd W

aste

Man

agem

ent P

lan

for s

mal

l de

velo

pmen

ts.

Polic

y1

397

Supp

ort -

esp

ecia

lly p

roje

cts

that

hel

p to

del

iver

the

Sto

ckto

n-M

iddl

esbr

ough

Initi

ativ

e.

Polic

y1

407

Thin

k th

at th

e sp

atia

l stra

tegy

is fr

agile

and

unl

ikel

y to

del

iver

the

wid

er a

spira

tions

for t

he B

orou

gh d

etai

led

in th

e Sp

atia

l Vis

ion

and

Com

mun

ity P

lan.

The

Cor

e A

rea

lack

s di

vers

ity in

term

s of

its

envi

ronm

ent a

nd th

eref

ore

limits

the

type

of h

ousi

ng m

arke

t tha

t any

new

dev

elop

men

t will

serv

e. C

onsi

der i

t unr

ealis

tic th

eref

ore

to e

xpec

t thi

s ar

ea to

de

liver

the

leve

l, ra

nge

and

choi

ce o

f hou

se b

uild

ing

that

is a

ntic

ipat

ed in

the

polic

y an

d as

suc

h th

e P

olic

y fa

ils

Soun

dnes

s Te

st 7

.

The

Cor

e A

rea,

bec

ause

of i

ts h

igh

leve

ls o

f acc

essi

bilit

y, s

usta

inab

ility,

is a

muc

h m

ore

suita

ble

loca

tion

for

empl

oym

ent a

nd c

omm

erci

al u

ses

and

shou

ld b

e th

e im

porta

nt to

this

type

of d

evel

opm

ent d

urin

g th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to b

alan

ce d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e C

ore

Are

a w

ith o

ther

par

ts o

f the

Bor

ough

, par

ticul

arly

ser

vice

villa

ges.

Th

is a

ppro

ach

shou

ld in

clud

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of th

e si

te H

A16

on

Map

22

of R

egen

erat

ion

DP

D.

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Cor

e St

rate

gy

Ref

eren

ceC

omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y1

41Th

e H

RA

iden

tifie

d a

rang

e of

pot

entia

l im

pact

s on

the

Tees

mou

th a

nd C

leve

land

Coa

st S

PA

site

and

the

polic

y/su

ppor

ting

text

wor

ding

sho

uld

refle

ct th

ese

issu

es a

nd id

entif

y sp

ecifi

c av

oida

nce

mea

sure

s, w

hich

nee

d to

be

impl

emen

ted

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e pl

an w

ill no

t adv

erse

ly a

ffect

the

inte

grity

of a

Eur

opea

n S

ite.

The

text

sho

uld

read

"in

taki

ng fo

rwar

d re

gene

ratio

n pr

opos

als

alon

g th

e riv

er c

orrid

or a

nd a

t Sea

l San

ds, s

uch

deve

lopm

ent s

houl

d be

of a

n ap

prop

riate

sca

le a

nd n

atur

e to

ens

ure

ther

e ar

e no

adv

erse

effe

cts

on th

e in

tegr

ity o

f the

Tee

smou

th a

nd C

leve

land

C

oast

SPA

/Ram

sar S

ite".

Polic

y1

456

This

pol

icy

is s

uppo

rted,

and

dee

med

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e re

gion

al p

lann

ing

polic

y ob

ject

ives

. Th

e po

licy

is la

rgel

y ba

sed

on o

ptio

n 1,

whi

ch w

as s

uppo

rted

by th

e N

EA

at th

e al

tern

ativ

e op

tion

stag

e. T

he a

ppro

ach,

whi

ch d

irect

s th

e m

ajor

ity o

f hou

sing

and

em

ploy

men

t dev

elop

men

t to

the

core

are

as is

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e lo

catio

nal s

trate

gy in

the

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

lices

5 a

nd 7

, whi

ch g

ive

prio

rity

to th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

the

Cor

e Ar

ea.

Sup

porti

ng th

e de

velo

pmen

t of N

orth

Sho

re re

gion

al m

ixed

-use

dev

elop

men

t site

, and

pro

mot

ing

empl

oym

ent p

rovi

sion

in e

xist

ing

empl

oym

ent a

reas

is s

uppo

rted.

Sup

port

empl

oym

ent d

evel

opm

ent a

t Bill

ingh

am, S

eal S

ands

and

Wyn

yard

is

cons

iste

nt w

ith R

SS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

lices

7 a

nd 1

9. I

t sho

uld

be n

oted

that

Hav

erto

n H

ill is

not

spe

cific

ally

id

entif

ied

in th

e R

SS.

Thi

s si

te is

ther

efor

e in

corr

ectly

des

crib

ed a

s a

regi

onal

ly s

igni

fican

t em

ploy

men

t clu

ster

in b

ulle

tpo

int 5

.

Polic

y1

457

Supp

ort f

or th

e ho

usin

g m

arke

t ren

ewal

are

as o

f Man

dale

, Har

dwic

k an

d Pa

rkfie

ld .

It is

con

sist

ent w

ith R

SS

prop

osed

cha

nges

pol

icy

7, w

hich

dire

cts

stra

tegi

es to

sup

port

hous

ing

mar

ket r

enew

al p

rogr

amm

es in

the

Tees

Va

lley

city

regi

on.

Polic

y1

458

Bulle

t poi

nt 2

des

crib

es th

e re

mai

nder

of t

he h

ousi

ng g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent b

eing

dire

cted

on

the

key

diag

ram

, the

ur

ban

area

is n

ot s

peci

fical

ly d

efin

ed.

In th

e in

tere

sts

of c

larit

y, th

is s

houl

d be

def

ined

on

the

key

diag

ram

. U

rban

ar

eas

shou

ld b

e de

fined

as

conu

rbat

ions

, mai

n se

ttlem

ents

, rur

al s

ervi

ce c

entre

s an

d se

cond

ary

settl

emen

ts.

The

Tees

Val

ley

Con

urba

tion

is d

efin

ed o

n th

e R

SS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s ke

y di

agra

ms.

The

sm

alle

r set

tlem

ents

def

ined

on

the

key

diag

ram

are

not

refle

cted

in th

e ke

y di

agra

m, a

nd th

eir s

tatu

s is

unc

lear

.

Polic

y1

459

Whi

lst P

olic

y C

S1

plac

es e

mph

asis

on

the

prio

ritis

ing

and

use

of p

revi

ousl

y de

velo

ped

land

with

in th

e ur

ban

area

, the

N

EA w

ould

sup

port

the

incl

usio

n of

refe

renc

e to

the

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h to

dev

elop

men

t.

Polic

y1

62R

equi

re re

gula

r bus

ser

vice

s (e

very

10

min

utes

). A

lso

need

mor

e bu

s sh

elte

rs.

Polic

y1

68An

app

ropr

iate

refe

renc

e sh

ould

be

mad

e by

add

ing

DTV

A to

the

list o

f loc

atio

ns fo

r reg

iona

lly s

igni

fican

t clu

ster

s in

SC

1 or

by

addi

tion

of a

sep

arat

e re

fere

nce

afte

r the

cur

rent

par

agra

ph 5

of S

C1.

Polic

y1

72Br

ownf

ield

land

sho

uld

be u

sed

befo

re g

reen

field

land

.

Polic

y1

82Th

e ag

ency

end

orse

s th

is p

olic

y w

hich

sup

ports

the

Cou

ncils

Pre

ferre

d O

ptio

n to

sup

port

the

rege

nera

tion

of th

e ur

ban

core

. Th

e Ag

ency

als

o ag

rees

with

the

area

def

ined

as

the

Cor

e Ar

ea in

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy D

iagr

am.

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e St

rate

gy

Ref

eren

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omm

ent

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ber

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men

t Sum

mar

y

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y1,

10

76Pr

efer

red

Opt

ion

1 w

ould

be

the

best

opt

ion

to p

rote

ct ru

ral f

ringe

s bu

t als

o to

dev

elop

urb

an a

reas

.

It is

pos

sibl

e to

map

and

indi

cate

the

reco

gnis

ed w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

thro

ugho

ut th

e Bo

roug

h. C

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith lo

cal

wild

life

prot

ectio

n gr

oups

wou

ld b

e ve

ry in

form

ativ

e of

wild

life

mov

emen

ts a

nd p

rote

cted

spe

cies

of p

lats

and

ani

mal

s w

ould

be

prot

ecte

d.

Polic

y10

1In

clud

e a

stat

emen

t tha

t no

furth

er d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d ta

ke p

lace

on

land

on

Nor

th s

ide

of R

iver

Tee

s be

twee

n Ya

rm

and

Eagl

escl

iffe/

Eagl

escl

iffe

and

Aisl

aby

Roa

d.

Polic

y10

102

Supp

ort t

he in

tent

ions

of t

he P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

to s

afeg

uard

the

Bor

ough

's e

nviro

nmen

tal c

apita

l.

Polic

y10

122

A re

view

of t

he g

reen

wed

ge b

etw

een

Surte

es B

ridge

to Y

arm

sho

uld

take

pla

ce.

This

wou

ld ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e Bo

wes

field

dev

elop

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s w

hich

exi

st n

orth

of B

owes

field

.

Polic

y10

144

Prot

ectin

g th

e ch

arac

ter o

f all

the

villa

ges

with

out r

efer

ence

to a

ny c

riter

ia, f

eatu

res

or s

peci

fic m

atte

rs o

f int

eres

t is

seen

as

an u

nnec

essa

ry s

tate

men

t, si

mpl

y re

peat

ing

guid

ance

alre

ady

ensh

rined

in P

PS

1 "p

rote

ct" c

an b

e co

nstru

ed

as a

neg

ativ

e cr

iteria

mea

ning

"no

chan

ge".

Nee

d to

cla

rify

that

pro

tect

can

als

o m

ean

"enh

ance

" th

roug

h th

e pr

omot

ion

of a

ppro

pria

te fo

rms

and

desi

gns

of

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y10

174

Thes

e se

ctio

ns a

re s

uppo

rted.

How

ever

it w

ould

be

mor

e jo

ined

up

as th

e co

unci

l des

crib

e, if

reco

gniti

on w

as g

iven

to

phys

ical

ly jo

in u

p th

e riv

ersi

de c

orrid

ors

rath

er th

an th

e pr

esen

t dis

join

ted

situ

atio

n w

hich

the

Billin

gham

Bec

k C

ount

ry

Park

and

dow

nstre

am v

alle

y is

div

orce

d fro

m th

e th

e Te

es C

orrid

or.

Polic

y10

177

This

par

agra

ph (r

efer

ring

to 3

.3) s

ets

out w

hat t

he V

isio

n fo

r the

Bor

ough

sho

uld

cont

ain.

Aga

in, n

otw

ithst

andi

ng th

e co

mm

ents

rece

ived

at t

his

issu

es a

nd O

ptio

ns S

tage

, th

ere

is n

o ov

ert r

efer

ence

her

e to

her

itage

pro

tect

ion

and

cele

brat

ion.

Polic

y10

192

Con

cern

ed th

at it

focu

ses

excl

usiv

ely

on b

iodi

vers

ity, l

ands

cape

, tre

es a

nd o

ther

mat

ters

per

tain

ing

to th

e na

tura

l en

viro

nmen

t. T

here

is n

o re

fere

nce

with

in th

is P

olic

y to

"her

itage

pro

tect

ion"

, nor

is th

ere

else

whe

re a

cor

resp

ondi

ng

Polic

y w

hich

dea

ls s

peci

fical

ly w

ith s

afeg

uard

ing

the

hist

oric

env

ironm

ent.

Polic

y10

2Su

ppor

t for

Pol

icy

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Stro

ngly

obj

ect t

o se

ctio

n 2

of th

is p

olic

y. "

Bala

ncin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of h

eavy

indu

stria

l bas

e an

d ec

onom

ic

dive

rsifi

catio

n w

ith th

e pr

otec

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent o

f the

bio

dive

rsity

land

scap

e".

Falls

wel

l sho

rt of

the

prot

ectio

n pr

ovid

ed to

the

SPA

by

Hab

itats

Reg

ulat

ions

. Th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

cla

rify

the

leve

ls o

f pro

tect

ion

that

the

CS

will

prov

ide

for i

nter

natio

nally

, nat

iona

lly a

nd lo

cally

de

sign

ated

wild

life

site

s, a

nd c

lear

ly s

tate

how

the

Cou

ncil

will

deal

with

pro

posa

ls th

at h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

affe

ct th

e SP

A.

SC10

sho

uld

stat

e th

at th

e C

ounc

il w

ill n

ot a

ppro

ve d

evel

opm

ents

that

wou

ld h

ave

an a

dver

se e

ffect

on

the

inte

grity

of

the

SP

A, e

ither

alo

ne o

r in

com

bina

tion

with

oth

er p

lans

and

pro

ject

s. F

urth

erm

ore,

CS

10 s

houl

d st

ate

how

the

Cou

ncil

will

deal

with

dev

elop

men

ts th

at w

ould

affe

ct S

SSI's

and

als

o de

sign

ated

SP

A, a

nd e

stab

lishe

d-cr

iteria

bas

ed

polic

ies

by w

hich

dev

elop

men

ts th

at c

ould

affe

ct lo

cally

-des

igna

ted

site

s (e

.g. S

NC

I) w

ill b

e ju

dged

(as

set o

ut in

pa

ragr

aph

7 of

PP

S9 re

spec

tivel

y).

Polic

y10

224

Sect

ions

4 a

nd 5

. W

elco

me

SC10

s co

mm

itmen

t to

prot

ectin

g an

d en

hanc

ing

biod

iver

sity

, and

ens

urin

g de

velo

pmen

ts

are

dire

cted

to a

reas

of t

he lo

wes

t flo

od ri

sk.

How

ever

, we

draw

par

a 5

(11)

of P

PS9

to th

e at

tent

ion

of th

e C

ounc

il.

We

antic

ipat

e th

at th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

will

iden

tify

area

s fo

r the

rest

orat

ion

or c

reat

ion

of p

riorit

y ha

bita

ts, o

r sig

npos

t co

nsul

tees

to th

e re

leva

nt L

DD

that

will

iden

tify

such

are

as.

We

note

the

Cou

ncil

wel

com

e fin

anci

al s

uppo

rt fo

r the

dev

elop

men

t of t

he R

SPB

's S

alth

olm

e In

tern

atio

nal N

atur

e R

eser

ve, a

nd s

ugge

stin

g th

at th

is p

roje

ct is

refe

rred

to in

SC

10 a

s an

exa

mpl

e of

the

Cou

ncils

sup

port

for

envi

ronm

enta

l enh

ance

men

t.

Urg

e th

e C

ounc

il to

iden

tify

the

Tees

Est

uary

in th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

and

sub

sequ

ent L

DF

docu

men

ts a

s an

are

a w

ith

high

pot

entia

l for

the

rest

orat

ion

and

crea

tion

of p

riorit

y ha

bita

ts.

Polic

y10

236

Add

refe

renc

e to

the

need

to "p

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e rig

hts

of w

ay n

etw

ork,

toge

ther

with

just

ifica

tion.

Polic

y10

275

PPS

12 p

arag

raph

2.1

sta

tes

that

"The

loca

l dev

elop

men

t fra

mew

ork

shou

ld c

onta

in w

ithin

its

docu

men

ts, a

n in

tegr

ated

set o

f pol

icie

s…" S

ome

of th

e dr

aft p

olic

ies

wou

ld b

enef

it fro

m fu

rther

edi

ting

to re

mov

e el

emen

ts w

hich

are

repe

atin

g or

cov

erin

g el

emen

ts in

oth

er p

olic

ies

in th

e co

re s

trate

gy.

For e

xam

ple

the

final

par

agra

phs

of d

raft

polic

ies

CS

1 an

d C

S2 b

oth

refe

r to

mat

ters

whi

ch a

re c

over

ed in

dra

ft po

licy

CS

10.

The

spec

ific

refe

renc

e to

the

Tees

mou

th a

nd

Cle

vela

nd C

oast

al S

peci

al P

rote

ctio

n Ar

ea/R

amsa

r site

wou

ld b

e m

ore

appr

opria

te in

dra

ft C

S10

.

Polic

y10

290

Poin

t 5 -

p55.

Thi

s ne

eds

to re

flect

the

requ

irem

ent o

f PPS

25 th

at p

oten

tial d

evel

opm

ent s

ites

in F

lood

Zon

es 2

and

3,

depe

ndin

g on

the

deve

lopm

ent t

ype,

will

nee

d to

be

sequ

entia

lly te

sted

eve

n be

fore

floo

d ris

k as

sess

men

ts a

re c

arrie

d ou

t.

From

a B

iodi

vers

ity p

ersp

ectiv

e, w

e su

ppor

t CS1

0 as

it p

rovi

des

for t

he p

rote

ctio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors

and

the

biod

iver

sity

reso

urce

.

Ref

lect

the

requ

irem

ents

of P

PS

25 th

at p

oten

tial d

evel

opm

ent s

ites

in fl

ood

zone

2 a

nd 3

, dep

endi

ng o

n de

velo

pmen

t ty

pe, w

ill ne

ed to

be

sequ

entia

lly te

sted

eve

n be

fore

floo

d ris

k as

sess

men

ts a

re c

arrie

d ou

t.

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It w

ould

be

help

ful i

f the

re w

as a

par

agra

ph a

ddre

ssin

g th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f lan

d co

ntam

inat

ion

issu

es a

s w

ell a

s flo

od

risk.

It i

s st

ated

som

ethi

ng s

imila

r to

Para

5 b

ut m

entio

ned

the

reus

e of

Bro

wnf

ield

site

s. T

his

wou

ld h

elp

reco

gnis

e th

e lo

ng in

dust

rial l

egac

y of

the

Bor

ough

and

ties

in w

ith k

ey re

gene

ratio

n ar

eas/

site

s le

ft va

cant

by

man

ufac

turin

g in

dust

ries.

The

pot

entia

l thr

eats

ass

ocia

ted

with

land

con

tam

inat

ion

coul

d be

pro

perly

man

aged

in a

sys

tem

atic

may

th

ereb

y re

duci

ng ri

sks

to th

e Bo

roug

hs g

roun

dwat

er re

sour

ces

and

surfa

ce w

ater

s.

The

EA

sugg

ests

the

wor

ding

'Whe

re d

evel

opm

ent i

s pr

opos

ed o

n B

row

nfie

ld la

nd a

pre

limin

ary

risk

asse

ssm

ent t

o es

tabl

ish

the

risks

ass

ocia

ted

with

pre

viou

s co

ntam

inat

ive

uses

is re

quire

d'.

Polic

y10

312

No

com

men

t

Polic

y10

353

Supp

ort g

ener

al p

olic

y of

pro

tect

ion

of g

reen

wed

ges

but w

hen

was

the

last

tim

e th

ey w

ere

revi

ewed

and

as

such

they

sh

ould

be

as a

mat

ter o

f urg

ency

as

they

may

affe

ct th

e sp

atia

l loc

atio

n of

dev

elop

men

t. P

artic

ular

ly in

rela

tion

to th

e Bi

llingh

am B

eck

Val

ley

whe

re th

e A

19 is

bei

ng re

-alig

ned.

Polic

y10

369

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils o

bjec

tives

of t

his

polic

y.

Polic

y10

403

Supp

ort p

olic

y

Polic

y10

411

Wou

ld li

ke to

see

par

agra

ph 4

of C

S10

am

ende

d to

giv

e st

rong

pro

tect

ion

to a

ncie

nt w

oodl

and,

anc

ient

tree

s an

d ot

her

irrep

lace

able

sem

i-nat

ural

hab

itats

.

Polic

y10

412

We

wou

ld li

ke to

see

par

agra

ph 3

of P

olic

y C

S10

refe

r to

the

"Woo

dlan

d S

tand

ard.

"

Polic

y10

417

NW

L w

ould

ask

that

the

follo

win

g is

add

ed to

item

5:

"A F

RA

will

als

o be

requ

ired

whe

re th

e pr

opos

ed d

evel

opm

ent o

r cha

nge

of u

se to

a m

ore

vuln

erab

le c

lass

may

be

subj

ect t

o ot

her s

ourc

es o

f flo

odin

g or

whe

re th

e E

nviro

nmen

t Age

ncy,

Inte

rnal

Dra

inag

e B

oard

and

/or o

ther

bod

ies

have

indi

cate

d th

at th

ere

may

be

drai

nage

pro

blem

s".

Polic

y10

479

Supp

ort t

he p

olic

y w

hich

see

ks to

pro

tect

the

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

ets

in S

tock

ton.

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licy

2 su

ppor

t thi

s ap

proa

ch b

y di

rect

ing

loca

l dev

elop

men

t fra

mew

orks

to d

eliv

er e

nviro

nmen

tal,

soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

ob

ject

ives

. Th

is is

als

o re

flect

ed in

RS

S p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

polic

y 5B

. It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at b

ulle

t 1 in

the

polic

y sh

ould

us

e th

e w

ord

"enh

ance

" as

wel

l as

"pro

tect

" in

rela

tion

to th

e ch

arac

ter o

f the

vill

ages

.

Polic

y10

480

Supp

ort t

he in

clus

ion

of re

fere

nce

to th

e st

rate

gic

gaps

, whi

ch is

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e ob

ject

ives

in R

SS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licy

7. T

he s

eque

ntia

l app

roac

h to

floo

d ris

k ba

sed

on a

stra

tegi

c flo

od ri

sk a

sses

smen

t is

supp

orte

d an

d co

nsis

tent

with

RS

S p

ropo

sed

polic

y 37

.

Polic

y10

51Al

so g

atew

ay to

Tee

smou

th N

atio

nal N

atur

e R

eser

ve.

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y10

52Th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

als

o re

cogn

ise

the

need

to p

rote

ct th

e na

tura

l her

itage

val

ue a

nd a

men

ity v

alue

of r

iver

cor

ridor

s, in

lin

e w

ith th

e ju

stifi

catio

n in

par

agra

ph 6

.72.

Thi

s sh

ould

incl

ude

the

Riv

er T

ees,

Lus

trum

Bec

k, B

illin

gham

Bec

k an

d th

e R

iver

Lev

en.

Polic

y10

53Al

so re

cogn

ise

the

need

to p

rote

ct g

reen

infra

stru

ctur

e in

the

Bor

ough

, rec

reat

iona

l rou

tes

and

the

right

s of

way

ne

twor

k an

d th

e co

untry

side

in it

s ow

n rig

ht.

Polic

y10

54Po

int 2

. M

ake

refe

renc

e to

geo

dive

rsity

Polic

y10

55Po

int 4

. P

PS9

para

grap

h 9

sets

out

gov

ernm

ent p

olic

y fo

r the

est

ablis

hmen

t of c

riter

ia b

ased

pol

icie

s an

d ad

vise

s th

e re

gion

ally

and

loca

lly im

porta

nt s

ites

(Cou

nty

Wild

life

Site

s, R

egio

nally

Impo

rtant

Geo

logi

cal S

ites,

Loc

al N

atur

e R

eser

ves)

sho

uld

be d

istin

guis

hed

from

pol

icie

s fo

r nat

iona

lly im

porta

nt s

ites

(SS

SIs

and

NN

R).

Polic

y10

56M

ake

refe

renc

e to

Bio

dive

rsity

Act

ion

Pla

n pr

iorit

y ha

bita

ts a

nd s

peci

es in

this

pol

icy,

in li

ne w

ith P

PS

9 pa

ragr

aph

11

and

16 a

nd th

e po

licy

shou

ld re

fer t

o th

e ne

ed to

allo

w th

e na

tura

l env

ironm

ent t

o ad

apt t

o cl

imat

e ch

ange

.

Polic

y10

574i

i. A

men

ded

to re

ad 'm

aint

aini

ng, e

nhan

cing

and

add

ing

to b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd g

eodi

vers

ity o

f site

s of

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al

and

loca

l int

eres

t.

Polic

y10

584i

ii. I

n ad

ditio

n th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

see

k to

dev

elop

and

mai

ntai

n th

e in

tegr

ity o

f net

wor

ks o

n na

tura

l hab

itats

(PPS

9 pa

ragr

aph

12);

this

goe

s be

yond

form

al w

ildlif

e co

rrid

ors.

Polic

y10

74Su

ppor

t pol

icy,

esp

ecia

lly g

reen

wed

ges.

Wild

life

corri

dors

sho

uld

be m

aint

aine

d.

Polic

y10

77Th

e ch

arac

ter o

f the

villa

ges

shou

ld b

e pr

otec

ted.

Kirk

levi

ngto

n is

attr

activ

e be

caus

e of

the

gree

n sp

aces

bet

wee

n th

e vi

llage

and

oth

er a

reas

. St

rate

gic

gap

betw

een

villa

ge a

nd Y

arm

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned.

The

bala

nce

betw

een

urba

n an

d ru

ral a

reas

sho

uld

be m

aint

aine

d.

To o

ptim

ise

cond

ition

s fo

r wild

life,

cor

ridor

s m

ust b

e w

ide

and

long

and

link

ed to

geth

er.

The

wild

life

corr

idor

that

link

s th

e Le

ven

with

the

Tees

in K

irkle

ving

ton

and

Cas

tlele

ving

ton

is n

oted

on

the

Cle

vela

nd S

truct

ure

Pla

n as

nee

ding

im

prov

emen

t.

Polic

y10

78Ag

ree

with

par

agra

ph 1

and

3 w

hich

sho

uld

incl

ude

mai

ntai

ning

sep

arat

ion

with

stra

tegi

c ga

ps.

Polic

y11

103

Supp

ort t

he P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

in re

spec

t of s

ecur

ing

plan

ning

obl

igat

ions

for n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

Agr

ee th

at a

ll ne

w

deve

lopm

ents

sho

uld

cont

ribut

e to

war

ds m

eetin

g th

e co

sts

to th

e co

mm

unity

that

aris

e fro

m th

em.

We

agre

e th

at

deve

lope

r con

tribu

tions

nee

d to

be

rele

vant

to th

e si

ze, t

ype

and

scal

e of

pro

posa

l and

the

diffe

ring

circ

umst

ance

s of

ea

ch n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

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e St

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Ref

eren

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omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y11

167

Polic

y do

es n

ot a

ccor

d w

ith e

mer

ging

thin

king

on

the

prop

osed

"tar

iffs"

rece

ntly

sug

gest

ed b

y go

vern

men

t. B

oth

the

polic

y an

d su

ppor

ting

SPD

nee

d to

be

reca

st to

reco

gnis

e th

e ne

ed fo

r new

dev

elop

men

ts to

mak

e ap

prop

riate

co

ntrib

utio

ns to

war

ds th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

trate

gic

infra

stru

ctur

e, n

ot ju

st th

at d

irect

ly re

late

d to

the

deve

lopm

ent.

SP

D

need

s re

vise

d to

pro

vide

cle

ar fr

amew

ork

whi

ch a

dvis

es d

evel

oper

s of

the

likel

y sc

ale

of c

ontri

butio

ns re

quire

d. W

hils

t th

e fle

xibi

lity

of n

egot

iatin

g co

ntrib

utio

ns c

an b

e us

eful

, it m

ust e

nsur

e th

at a

t all

times

ther

e is

a le

vel p

layi

ng fi

eld

for

deve

lope

rs.

Polic

y11

200

This

pol

icy

seem

s to

sug

gest

that

in th

e ca

se o

f dev

elop

men

t tha

t is

not i

n su

stai

nabl

e lo

catio

ns, n

o ob

ligat

ions

will

be

requ

ired?

!

Polic

y11

225

Broa

dly

supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

to P

lann

ing

Obl

igat

ions

. H

owev

er it

is w

orth

cla

rifyi

ng th

at th

e na

ture

an

d sc

ale

of th

e co

ntrib

utio

n m

ade

by a

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

abov

e al

l be

rela

ted

to th

e de

velo

pmen

ts im

pact

s, b

oth

in

term

s of

dam

age/

loss

cau

sed

by it

s co

nstru

ctio

n an

d al

so th

e ad

ditio

nal i

nfra

stru

ctur

e de

man

ds c

reat

ed b

y th

e de

velo

pmen

t its

elf,

incl

udin

g th

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

add

ition

al in

frast

ruct

ure

for h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ents

.

Polic

y11

313

Gen

eral

ly s

uppo

rtive

off

this

pol

icy

and

parti

cula

rly w

elco

me

cont

ribut

ions

tow

ards

infra

stru

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts.

As

prev

ious

ly s

tate

d, fo

r con

tribu

tions

to a

ny s

uch

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

SR

N th

e Ag

ency

wou

ld w

ish

to b

e fu

lly in

volv

ed in

ag

reei

ng th

e le

vel/m

easu

re o

f con

tribu

tion.

How

ever

, not

with

stan

ding

this

, the

Age

ncy

cons

ider

s th

at a

ny p

hysi

cal

chan

ges

to th

e ne

twor

k sh

ould

be

seen

as

a la

st re

sort

and

wou

ld fi

rstly

wis

h to

see

con

side

ratio

n gi

ven

to m

easu

res

to re

duce

the

need

to tr

avel

and

mea

sure

s th

at a

im to

max

imis

e th

e le

vel o

f sus

tain

able

acc

ess.

See

com

men

ts

subm

itted

for p

lann

ing

oblig

atio

ns S

PD

Polic

y11

370

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils o

bjec

tive

of th

is p

olic

y; h

owev

er P

H o

bjec

t to

som

e of

the

cont

ent o

f the

Pla

nnin

g O

blig

atio

ns

Supp

lem

enta

ry P

lann

ing

Doc

umen

t and

hav

e su

bmitt

ed in

divi

dual

repr

esen

tatio

ns d

ated

5 S

epte

mbe

r 200

7 w

ith

rega

rd to

this

mat

ter.

Polic

y11

395

Cul

tura

l fac

ilitie

s ha

ve n

ot b

een

incl

uded

with

in P

lann

ing

Obl

igat

ions

SP

D a

nd th

ere

is n

o re

fere

nce

to th

ese

parti

cula

r fa

cilit

ies

in th

e C

S fo

r Pla

nnin

g ob

ligat

ions

.

Polic

y11

404

Supp

ort

Polic

y11

418

NW

L w

ould

requ

est t

he in

clus

ion

of a

spe

cific

refe

renc

e to

wat

er a

nd s

ewer

age

infra

stru

ctur

e in

rela

tion

to

impr

ovem

ents

nec

essi

tate

d by

futu

re d

evel

opm

ents

.

Polic

y11

481

The

incl

usio

n of

a p

olic

y on

pla

nnin

g ob

ligat

ions

is s

uppo

rted,

and

will

ass

ist i

n th

e de

liver

y of

a n

umbe

r of r

egio

nal

plan

ning

pol

icy

obje

ctiv

es, i

nclu

ding

the

deliv

ery

of s

usta

inab

le c

omm

uniti

es.

Polic

y12

281

PPS

12 p

arag

raph

4.9

. A

full

and

com

preh

ensi

ve e

vide

nce

base

sho

uld

also

be

prov

ided

with

the

subm

itted

cor

e st

rate

gy.

Giv

en th

at th

e op

tions

sho

uld

also

be

info

rmed

by

the

evid

ence

, the

evi

denc

e ba

se s

houl

d be

sub

stan

tially

co

mpl

eted

at t

he p

refe

rred

opt

ions

sta

ge.

Polic

y2

11Su

ppor

t the

pro

pose

d Te

es V

alle

y M

etro

.

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e St

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omm

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Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y2

111

Supp

ort t

he p

ropo

sal o

f pro

mot

ing

the

impr

ovem

ents

to th

e ro

ad n

etw

ork

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f Sto

ckto

n to

wn

cent

er.

Also

su

ppor

t the

Mid

dles

brou

gh S

tock

ton

Initi

ativ

e, it

is e

ssen

tial f

or th

e ec

onom

y th

at s

uch

infra

stru

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

cont

inue

.

The

oper

atio

nal n

eeds

for R

oyal

Mai

l and

oth

er k

ey in

frast

ruct

ure

serv

ices

sho

uld

be ta

ken

into

con

side

ratio

n.

Wel

com

e in

itiat

ives

enc

oura

ging

sus

tain

able

tran

spor

t and

road

saf

ety

sche

mes

etc

. how

ever

we

wou

ld a

lso

like

to

ask

that

the

Cou

ncil

cons

ider

how

this

will

affe

ct th

e ac

cess

ibili

ty o

f the

Roy

al M

ail d

epot

s w

ithin

Sto

ckto

n an

d ac

cess

ibili

ty o

f ass

ocia

ted

vehi

cles

thro

ugho

ut th

e to

wn

cent

er a

nd b

eyon

d.

Polic

y2

115

Supp

ort t

he th

rust

of t

he p

olic

y. F

eel t

hat t

here

is a

nee

d to

reco

nsid

er c

onne

ctin

g th

e so

uth

Stoc

kton

link

to th

e A1

045

bypa

ssin

g In

gleb

y B

arw

ick

and

Thor

naby

, as

wel

l as

the

A66

and

A19.

Thi

s co

uld

be p

artia

lly fu

nded

from

de

velo

pmen

t if t

he ri

ght s

chem

es w

ere

cons

ider

ed w

hich

cou

ld c

ontri

bute

.

Mak

e Sp

ecifi

c m

entio

n to

pha

se fo

ur o

f the

Sou

th S

tock

ton

Link

.

Polic

y2

160

Ref

eren

ce to

4.6

.Th

ere

is n

o re

cogn

ition

of t

he n

eed

for P

ark

and

Rid

e w

ithin

the

polic

y ev

en th

ough

the

need

for i

t is

disc

usse

d el

sew

here

in th

e P

lan.

Polic

y2

185

Supp

ort t

his

polic

y, p

artic

ular

ly w

ith re

gard

to m

inim

isin

g th

e ne

ed to

trav

el a

nd re

duci

ng c

ar d

epen

denc

y, a

nd

prom

otin

g th

e pr

oduc

tion

of g

reen

trav

el p

lans

for s

igni

fican

t dev

elop

men

ts.

Polic

y2

195

Supp

ort i

mpr

oved

acc

essi

bilit

y pa

rticu

larly

in re

spec

t to

min

imis

ing

the

need

to tr

avel

by

car i

f it i

nvol

ves

impr

ovem

ents

to

foot

path

s an

d cy

cle

rout

es, t

he fo

cus

mus

t be

on m

akin

g lo

cal d

istri

ct c

entre

s m

ore

acce

ssib

le to

thos

e w

ithin

thei

r ca

tchm

ent a

reas

. Th

is w

ill e

ncou

rage

peo

ple

to u

se fa

cilit

ies

whi

ch a

re c

lear

ly th

e m

ost s

usta

inab

le s

olut

ion

and

one

whi

ch w

ill ai

d th

e re

gene

ratio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of t

he e

xist

ing

cent

res.

Polic

y2

215

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils m

easu

res

to im

prov

e ac

cess

ibilit

y an

d w

iden

tran

spor

t cho

ice

thro

ugh

mea

sure

s 1

to 4

.

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e St

rate

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Ref

eren

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omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y2

216

Con

cern

ed th

at th

e pr

opos

ed E

ast B

illin

gham

Tra

nspo

rt C

orrid

or (E

BTC

) in

poin

t 5 h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o ca

use

adve

rse

impa

cts

on th

e S

PA

, thr

ough

loss

or d

amag

e to

hab

itats

use

d by

SP

A s

peci

es, o

r by

caus

ing

dist

urba

nce

or

disp

lace

men

t to

SPA

spec

ies

durin

g th

e co

nstru

ctio

n ph

ase

or d

ue to

incr

ease

d tra

ffic.

Con

cern

ed th

at th

e Im

prov

ed R

oad

Link

on

the

diag

ram

app

ears

to ru

n th

roug

h th

e m

iddl

e of

the

SPA.

Thi

s is

of

cons

ider

able

con

cern

, and

we

stro

ngly

reco

mm

end

that

the

loca

tion

of th

e EB

TC w

ith re

spec

t to

the

SP

A is

cla

rifie

d.

The

CS

map

sho

uld

map

out

the

full

exte

nt o

f the

SP

A, a

nd in

dica

te th

e lo

catio

n of

the

EB

TC w

ith m

ore

pre

prec

isio

n.

Furth

er v

ersi

ons

of th

e A

A w

ill ne

ed to

ass

es th

e lik

ely

impa

cts

of th

e EB

TC o

n th

e S

PA

in m

ore

deta

il, in

ord

er to

as

sess

the

likel

y im

pact

s of

the

EB

TC o

n th

e S

PA in

mor

e de

tail.

Prop

ose

the

follo

win

g w

ordi

ng:

"In Im

plem

entin

g tra

nspo

rt pr

opos

als,

it w

ill be

nec

essa

ry to

ens

ure

that

ther

e is

no

adve

rse

effe

ct o

n th

e in

tegr

ity o

f the

SP

A an

d R

amsa

r site

, eith

er a

lone

or i

n co

mbi

natio

n w

ith o

ther

pla

ns a

nd

prog

ram

mes

. P

ropo

sals

will

be

dire

cted

to s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

ns w

here

adv

erse

effe

cts

on s

ite in

tegr

ity w

ill be

av

oide

d".

The

Cor

e St

rate

gy's

AA

will

need

to p

rovi

de c

lear

evi

denc

e th

at th

e pr

opos

ed E

BTC

can

be

deliv

ered

with

out a

n ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

SPA

.

Polic

y2

239

Om

issi

on: a

bsen

ce o

f a p

olic

y de

alin

g w

ith th

e pr

otec

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent o

f the

Bor

ough

's ri

ghts

of w

ay n

etw

ork.

Po

licy

wor

ding

sug

gest

ed.

Polic

y2

254

Red

efin

e pu

blic

tran

spor

t to

incl

ude

rail

trave

lAd

d to

rail

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d el

ectri

fy a

dditi

onal

line

sR

evie

w im

prac

tical

ity o

f a T

ees

Met

roC

reat

e an

inte

rcha

nge

at S

tock

ton

stat

ion

East

Bill

ingh

am T

rans

port

Rou

te n

ot re

quire

d

Polic

y2

261

Also

rele

vant

to th

e V

isio

n.

As re

gard

s tra

nspo

rt, b

road

ly s

uppo

rt th

e ob

ject

ives

out

lined

. H

ave

som

e co

ncer

ns o

ver "

dem

and

rest

rain

t" pa

ge 1

2 an

d p

age

31, 6

. And

7.

It is

ess

entia

l tha

t if t

here

is a

stic

k an

d ca

rrot

app

roac

h th

en th

e im

prov

emen

ts e

g Te

es

Valle

y M

etro

sho

uld

be u

p an

d ru

nnin

g, b

efor

e it

wou

ld b

e ac

cept

able

eve

n to

con

side

r im

plem

entin

g an

y fo

rm o

f roa

d ch

argi

ng.

As re

gard

s pa

rkin

g: w

hen

maj

or n

ew in

frast

ruct

ure

deve

lopm

ents

suc

h as

pro

pose

d si

gnifi

cant

impr

ovem

ents

to th

e St

atio

n an

d ne

w in

terc

hang

e at

Eag

lesc

liffe

are

impl

emen

ted,

rese

rved

par

king

for r

esid

ents

mus

t be

intro

duce

d. W

e ra

ised

the

issu

e of

the

park

ing

impl

icat

ions

for t

he S

tatio

n ar

ea re

sulta

nt fo

r the

new

Gra

nd C

entra

l Ser

vice

to L

ondo

n an

d th

e so

uth

in o

ur re

pres

enta

tions

at t

he ti

me

of th

e M

cCar

thy

and

Sto

ne A

pplic

atio

n. T

hey

wer

e no

t tak

en o

n bo

ard

at th

at s

tage

.

As re

gard

s As

pira

tion

5 "n

ew li

nks

acro

ss th

e Te

es",

page

15,

the

only

new

brid

ge is

the

prin

cess

of W

ales

Brid

ge.

Polic

y2

277

Sect

ion

3 of

the

polic

y sh

ould

be

clea

rer a

s to

wha

t ess

entia

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

is in

volv

ed a

nd h

ow it

will

be p

rote

cted

.

46

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omm

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Supp

ortiv

e of

this

pol

icy

and

in p

artic

ular

wel

com

es th

e re

fere

nces

to m

inim

isin

g th

e ne

ed to

trav

el a

nd re

duci

ng c

ar

depe

nden

cy; p

rovi

ding

an

attra

ctiv

e ch

oice

of t

rans

port

wal

king

and

cyc

ling;

ens

urin

g si

gnifi

cant

dev

elop

men

ts a

re

supp

orte

d by

trav

el p

lans

; and

pro

tect

ing

esse

ntia

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

that

will

faci

litat

e su

stai

nabl

e fre

ight

mov

emen

ts b

y ra

il an

d w

ater

. Fu

rther

, the

Age

ncy

parti

cula

rly w

elco

mes

refe

renc

e to

wor

king

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith th

e H

ighw

ays

Agen

cy to

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility,

dev

elop

a s

usta

inab

le tr

ansp

ort n

etw

ork

and

wid

en th

e ch

oice

of m

odes

of t

rave

l.

Polic

y2

303

The

Agen

cy c

onsi

ders

Poi

nt 2

sho

uld

also

refe

r to

the

need

for T

rans

port

Asse

ssm

ents

to b

e un

derta

ken

for a

ny

sign

ifica

nt d

evel

opm

ent.

Thi

s co

uld

be a

chie

ved

thro

ugh

refe

renc

e to

cur

rent

gui

danc

e - G

uida

nce

on T

rans

port

Asse

ssm

ents

(GTA

) and

in re

latio

n to

the

asse

ssm

ent o

f tra

ffic

impa

cts

on th

e SR

N, i

n C

ircul

ar 0

2/20

07.

Polic

y2

304

In re

latio

n to

poi

nt 5

, the

Age

ncy

wou

ld w

ish

to b

e fu

lly in

volv

ed in

any

suc

h sc

hem

e w

hich

cou

ld h

ave

an im

pact

on

the

SRN

as

a re

sult

of c

hang

ing

traffi

c pa

ttern

s di

rect

ly a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith s

uch

sche

mes

. Sh

ould

suc

h sc

hem

es b

e be

ing

brou

ght f

orw

ard

in o

rder

to fa

cilit

ate

deve

lopm

ent,

the

Agen

cy w

ould

exp

ect a

dequ

ate

asse

ssm

ent i

n lin

e w

ith th

e G

TA a

nd C

ircul

ar 0

2/20

07.

Polic

y2

321

Supp

ort t

he T

ees

Val

ley

Met

ro a

nd th

e co

nnec

tion

to W

ynya

rd.

Polic

y2

350

Supp

ort t

he s

usta

inab

ility

prin

cipl

es c

onta

ined

in P

arag

raph

s 1

and

2.

Polic

y2

361

Gen

eral

ly s

uppo

rt th

e C

ounc

ils o

bjec

tives

of t

his

polic

y ho

wev

er w

e se

ek fu

rther

cla

rific

atio

n of

the

outc

omes

of t

he

Ingl

eby

Barw

ick

Traf

fic S

tudy

refe

renc

ed in

crit

eria

5.

Polic

y2

398

Supp

ort -

enc

oura

ge p

ublic

tran

spor

t lin

ks, f

ootp

aths

and

cyc

le ro

utes

.

Polic

y2

44La

st p

arag

raph

- th

e H

RA

iden

tifie

d a

rang

e of

pot

entia

l im

pact

s on

the

Tees

mou

th a

nd C

leve

land

Coa

st S

PA

/Ram

sar

Site

and

the

polic

y/su

ppor

ting

text

wor

ding

sho

uld

refle

ct th

ese

issu

es a

nd id

entif

y sp

ecifi

c av

oida

nce

mea

sure

s, w

hich

need

to b

e im

plem

ente

d to

ens

ure

that

the

plan

will

not a

dver

sely

affe

ct th

e in

tegr

ity o

f a E

urop

ean

Site

.

Text

sho

uld

read

: In

impl

emen

ting

trans

port

prop

osal

s in

the

Boro

ugh

ther

e is

a n

eed

to e

nsur

e th

ere

are

no a

dver

se

effe

cts

on th

e in

tegr

ity o

f the

Tee

smou

th a

nd C

leve

land

Coa

st S

PA

/Ram

sar S

ite.

Polic

y2

69C

S2 T

rans

port

shou

ld in

clud

e sp

ecifi

c su

ppor

t for

the

grow

th o

f the

DTV

A in

reco

gniti

on o

f the

con

tribu

tion

it ha

s to

re

gene

ratio

n of

the

Bor

ough

and

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

acro

ss T

ees

Val

ley

and

beyo

nd.

Polic

y2

73Pu

blic

tran

spor

t sho

uld

beco

me

mor

e ac

cess

ible

, affo

rdab

le a

nd e

ffici

ent.

Onl

y by

doi

ng th

is w

ould

peo

ple

use

publ

ic

trans

port.

Polic

y2

83Th

e Ag

ency

end

orse

s th

is p

olic

y w

hich

sup

ports

the

Cou

ncils

Pre

ferr

ed O

ptio

n to

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

and

wid

en

trans

port

choi

ce.

Polic

y2

9Su

ppor

t for

fit f

or p

urpo

se tr

ansp

ort i

nfra

stru

ctur

e in

corp

orat

ing

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

parti

cula

rly ra

il.

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mar

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y3

117

Supp

orts

the

push

tow

ards

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y in

the

UK

but

hav

e co

ncer

ns a

bout

dra

ft po

licy

CS

3. T

hese

con

cern

s re

late

to th

e re

alis

m a

nd v

iabi

lity

of th

e pr

opos

als.

The

re s

eem

s to

hav

e be

en a

n at

tem

pt to

wor

d th

is p

olic

y so

that

St

ockt

on g

oes

furth

er, s

oone

r tow

ards

reac

hing

sus

tain

abilit

y ta

rget

s. I

f ado

pted

, we

belie

ve th

at th

e po

licy

wou

ld

dram

atic

ally

redu

ce th

e op

portu

nitie

s fo

r dev

elop

men

t in

the

Bor

ough

and

affe

ct th

e vi

abilit

y of

allo

cate

d sc

hem

es.

Part

2 of

the

polic

y go

es b

eyon

d go

vern

men

t tar

gets

. Th

is p

olic

y re

quire

Cod

e Le

vel 5

whi

le th

e G

over

nmen

t aim

s to

ha

ve h

omes

reac

h a

Cor

e le

vel 4

. Th

is w

ould

mak

e ho

mes

with

in th

e Bo

roug

h le

ss a

ttrac

tive

to p

oten

tial b

uyer

s - c

ost

mor

e an

d le

ss g

lazi

ng.

Part

3 go

es w

ay b

eyon

d ex

istin

g po

licie

s fo

r em

bedd

ing

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y in

dev

elop

men

ts.

PS

S P

olic

y 39

requ

ires

10%

gen

erat

ion

by R

enew

able

s. W

e be

lieve

this

will

be

diffi

cult

to a

chie

ve in

man

y ca

ses.

To

impo

se 1

5% ri

sing

to

50%

cou

ld m

ake

land

in S

tock

ton

very

impr

actib

le fo

r dev

elop

men

t. T

he s

ourc

es o

f ene

rgy

that

cou

ld b

e im

bedd

ed in

a

sche

me

incl

ude

biom

ass

boile

r, w

ind

turb

ine,

pho

tovo

ltaic

cel

ls a

nd s

olar

pan

els.

The

CS

doe

s no

t pro

vide

gui

danc

eon

whi

ch if

any

of t

hese

are

enc

oura

ged

with

in S

tock

ton

or w

ays

in w

hich

the

plan

ning

sys

tem

wou

ld b

e ad

apte

d to

fa

cilit

ate

impr

oved

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

. N

one

of th

e re

new

able

ene

rgy

tech

nolo

gies

are

trul

y em

bedd

ed in

a

build

ing.

The

y ar

e es

sent

ially

bol

ted

on.

They

may

bre

ak o

r the

y m

ay re

duce

in e

ffect

iven

ess

over

tim

e. T

hey

may

be

com

e ou

tdat

ed q

uick

ly a

nd it

may

be

impo

ssib

le to

inte

grat

e th

em in

to th

e lo

cal e

lect

ricity

net

wor

k. T

he C

S n

eeds

t oad

dres

s th

is is

sue

in d

etai

l. It

rais

es th

e qu

estio

n w

heth

er th

e co

re s

trate

gy s

houl

d ha

ve p

olic

ies

in it

whi

ch e

ncou

rage

st

and

alon

e re

new

able

ene

rgy

proj

ects

suc

h as

win

dfar

ms

whi

ch w

ould

als

o co

ntrib

ute

to th

e Bo

roug

hs s

trate

gy fo

r ca

rbon

redu

ctio

ns.

We

prop

ose

that

the

polic

y is

cha

nged

to re

flect

nat

iona

l Pol

icy

on S

usta

inab

le H

omes

and

RS

S P

olic

y 39

in te

rms

of

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y.

Polic

y3

124

We

cons

ider

that

the

draf

t Pol

icy

CS3

sho

uld

be a

men

ded

to re

flect

the

abov

e em

ergi

ng R

SS ta

rget

s to

ens

ure

it is

so

und.

Polic

y3

142

Polic

y is

wor

ded

very

loos

ely

and

will

be

open

to in

terp

reta

tions

"pos

itive

con

tribu

tion"

"pro

tect

and

enh

ance

" "im

porta

nen

viro

nmen

tal a

sset

s" a

re a

ll ge

nera

l sta

tem

ents

of i

nten

t. F

irst s

houl

d be

cha

nged

to p

rote

ct o

r enh

ance

.

All t

his

para

grap

h se

eks

to d

o is

repe

at o

bjec

tives

whi

ch a

re a

lread

y ra

ther

mor

e cl

early

arti

cula

ted

in P

PS

1. T

here

is

noth

ing

spec

ific

to S

tock

ton

in th

is p

olic

y.

Nee

d to

del

ete

sect

ion

1 or

mak

e cl

ear a

sta

tem

ent a

bout

wha

t is

spec

ial a

bout

Sto

ckto

n in

thes

e ar

eas.

Polic

y3

143

The

requ

irem

ent f

or a

sus

tain

abili

ty s

tate

men

t is

not e

nshr

ined

as

a re

quire

men

t in

exis

ting

guid

ance

to L

PA's

. It

is

deba

teab

le w

heth

er it

sho

uld

be m

ade

man

dont

ary

or a

dvis

ory.

Fur

ther

cla

rific

atio

n is

nee

ded

on w

hat e

xact

ly is

en

visa

ged

in th

is re

quire

men

t and

at w

hat t

hres

hold

s sh

ould

it a

pply

.

Con

side

ratio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

the

need

for p

rope

r ana

lysi

s of

the

carb

on u

sed

in c

onst

ruct

ion

and

the

carb

on u

sed

in th

e op

erat

ion

of a

bui

ldin

g. F

avou

rabl

e su

ppor

t sho

uld

be in

dica

ted

for a

use

in w

hich

the

prop

osed

car

bon

cons

umpt

ion

is d

emon

stra

bly

less

than

the

carb

on c

onsu

mpt

ion

cons

umed

in th

e ex

istin

g us

e.

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161

With

par

ticul

ar re

fere

nce

to (2

). T

his

sect

ion

is b

road

ly s

uppo

rted

but s

houl

d be

mad

e m

ore

prec

ise

and

'cris

p'.

Failu

re to

do

so w

ill re

sult

in a

diff

eren

tial a

ppro

ach

to th

e to

pic

and

pote

ntia

lly a

n un

fair

play

ing

field

. N

eed

to re

plac

e "w

ork

tow

ards

" and

"asp

iratio

n" p

hras

es w

ith c

lear

and

une

quiv

ocal

sta

tem

ents

of r

equi

rem

ent.

Polic

y3

162

supp

ort t

he a

spira

tion

but t

he e

xecu

tion

is fl

awed

. Th

e po

licy

does

not

allo

w d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

des

igne

d w

hich

are

in

trins

ical

ly m

ore

effic

ient

. N

eed

to a

men

d th

e po

licy

to re

cord

car

bon

cons

umpt

ion

of th

e co

mpl

eted

dev

elop

men

t and

base

targ

ets

on s

uch

a ba

se.

Cla

rify

the

figur

es a

nd %

bas

e re

ferr

ed to

in th

e pe

nulti

mat

e pa

ragr

aph.

Do

they

rela

te

to w

hole

life

con

sum

ptio

n, c

onst

ruct

ion

stag

es o

r ope

ratio

nal c

onsu

mpt

ion?

See

k to

use

car

bon

cons

umpt

ion

as a

gu

ide

to e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

rath

er th

an %

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

both

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

and

oper

atio

n.

Polic

y3

186

Wel

com

e th

e pr

otec

tion

of h

isto

ric, a

rcha

eolo

gica

l and

loca

l cha

ract

er.

Besi

des

the

prud

ent u

se o

f nat

ural

reso

urce

s,

deve

lopm

ent p

ropo

sals

can

be

reso

urce

and

ene

rgy

effic

ient

by

mak

ing

prud

ent u

se o

f exi

stin

g bu

ilt fa

bric

. Th

is

appr

oach

has

bee

n en

dors

ed b

y th

e pa

nel c

ondu

ctin

g th

e Ex

amin

atio

n in

Pub

lic o

f the

Reg

iona

l Spa

tial S

trate

gy, a

nd

the

Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te in

her

pro

pose

d re

com

men

datio

ns is

set

to e

ndor

se it

. Th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

be

amen

ded

acco

rdin

gly.

Not

e th

e in

tent

ion

of th

e C

ounc

il to

requ

ire d

evel

oper

s to

sub

mit

Sust

aina

bilit

y St

atem

ents

in s

uppo

rt of

thei

r ap

plic

atio

ns h

owev

er th

e Pa

nel c

ondu

ctin

g th

e ex

amin

atio

n in

Pub

lic o

f the

regi

onal

Spa

tial S

trate

gy c

ame

out a

gain

st

such

sta

tem

ents

, and

it re

mai

ns to

be

seen

whe

ther

the

Cou

ncil

wou

ld b

e ab

le to

pre

ss a

head

with

this

.

Polic

y3

196

This

pol

icy

shou

ld re

fer t

o lo

catin

g ne

w d

evel

opm

ent i

n ap

prop

riate

and

sus

tain

able

loca

tions

clo

se to

exi

stin

g or

pr

opos

ed s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s w

hich

are

read

ily a

cces

sibl

e by

non

car

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt.

Ref

eren

ce s

houl

d be

mad

e to

the

effic

ient

use

of w

ater

incl

udin

g th

e pr

omot

ion

of g

rey

wat

er te

chno

logy

. W

ater

is a

n in

crea

sing

ly s

carc

e re

sour

ce a

nd it

als

o re

quire

s si

gnifi

cant

am

ount

s of

ene

rgy.

Thi

s sh

ould

be

incl

uded

in th

e P

olic

y.

Polic

y3

217

Supp

ort t

he m

easu

res

prop

osed

, whi

ch w

ill m

ake

a st

rong

con

tribu

tion

to s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent a

nd e

nsur

e ne

w

deve

lopm

ents

inco

rpor

ate

biod

iver

sity

. H

owev

er, w

e no

te th

at th

e he

adlin

e fig

ures

pro

pose

d by

the

gove

rnm

ent i

n th

e cl

imat

e ch

ange

bill

see

k a

redu

ctio

n in

CO

2 em

issi

ons

of 2

6-32

% b

y 20

20, w

here

as S

tock

ton'

s ta

rget

will

be

22.5

%.

This

sho

uld

be re

vise

d.

SUD

S c

an b

e de

sign

ed to

hav

e hi

gher

val

ue fo

r wild

life,

and

we

reco

mm

end

that

this

cou

rse

of a

ctio

n is

stro

ngly

pr

omot

ed th

roug

h th

e C

ounc

ils d

evel

opm

ent c

ontro

l pol

icie

s.

Polic

y3

280

The

secr

etar

y of

Sta

te o

bjec

ts to

dra

ft Po

licy

CS3

as

it co

nflic

ts w

ith P

lann

ing

Pol

icy

Sta

tem

ent 1

2: L

ocal

Dev

elop

men

t Fr

amew

orks

par

agra

ph 2

.8 w

hich

sta

tes

that

"The

re w

ill n

orm

ally

be

a nu

mbe

r of d

evel

opm

ent p

lan

docu

men

ts in

the

loca

l dev

elop

men

t fra

mew

ork

and

conf

lict b

etw

een

polic

ies

shou

ld b

e av

oide

d. T

he d

raft

polic

y co

vers

mat

ters

rela

ting

to fa

cilit

ies

for r

euse

, sor

ting,

reco

very

and

recy

clin

g of

was

te w

hich

will

be

deal

t with

on

a Te

es V

alle

y w

ide

basi

s w

ithin

the

emer

ging

Tee

s V

alle

y M

iner

als

and

was

te C

ore

Stra

tegy

. It

is im

porta

nt th

at th

e St

ockt

on o

n Te

es C

ore

Stra

tegy

sup

ports

the

Tees

Val

ley

wid

e do

cum

ent a

nd a

dds

loca

l det

ail b

ut th

ere

shou

ld b

e no

con

flict

or r

epet

ition

.

Polic

y3

305

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Supp

ort t

he p

rinci

ples

of s

usta

inab

le li

ving

, the

targ

ets

prop

osed

for o

n si

te re

new

able

ene

rgy

gene

ratio

n ar

e ou

t with

th

ose

cont

aine

d w

ithin

the

emer

ging

RSS

or t

he G

over

nmen

ts re

new

able

ene

rgy

stra

tegy

. Th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to e

nsur

e al

ignm

ent w

ith th

e hi

gher

tier

RS

S a

nd n

atio

nal p

olic

y w

hich

sta

tes,

at p

olic

y 40

, tha

t maj

or

deve

lopm

ents

sho

uld

have

em

bedd

ed w

ithin

them

, a m

inim

um o

f 10%

ene

rgy

supp

ly fr

om re

new

able

sou

rces

. W

hils

t th

e te

xt g

oes

on to

not

e th

at th

is ta

rget

sho

uld

be e

xcee

ded

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te it

is n

ot c

onsi

dere

d ei

ther

pra

ctic

al o

r ac

hiev

able

to im

pose

figu

res

of 2

5% -

50%

whi

ch w

ould

act

as

a di

sinc

entiv

e to

inve

st w

ithin

Sto

ckto

n if

othe

r loc

atio

n sar

e se

ekin

g lo

wer

con

tribu

tions

.

The

Cod

e fo

r sus

tain

able

hom

es L

evel

5 o

r 6 fa

r exc

eeds

the

requ

irem

ent c

onta

ined

with

in p

olic

y 39

of t

he e

mer

ging

R

SS w

here

by a

n Ec

o H

omes

'ver

y go

od' o

r 'ex

celle

nt' r

atin

g sh

ould

be

achi

eved

(Lev

el 3

).

The

follo

win

g al

tera

tion

is p

ropo

sed:

"2…

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

com

ply

with

the

Cod

e fo

r Sus

tain

able

Hom

es a

nd a

chie

ve C

ode

Leve

l 3 o

r abo

ve a

nd

mee

t the

BR

EE

AM

ratin

g of

exc

elle

nt.

3. D

evel

opm

ents

inco

rpor

ated

on

site

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion.

The

thre

shol

ds a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

Com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

t in

exce

ss o

f 100

0 sq

uare

met

res

of fl

oor s

pace

and

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent i

n ex

cess

of

1000

squ

are

met

res

floor

spa

ce a

nd re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

ts o

f mor

e th

an 1

0 dw

ellin

gs a

re e

xpec

ted

to p

rovi

de a

m

inim

um o

f 10%

of t

heir

supp

ly fr

om re

new

able

sou

rces

, but

see

k to

ach

ieve

mor

e w

here

app

ropr

iate

.

Polic

y3

335

How

will

"pos

itive

con

tribu

tion"

be

defin

ed?

Too

subj

ectiv

e.

Polic

y3

354

The

HBF

sup

port

the

use

of th

e C

ode

for S

usta

inab

le H

omes

how

ever

bel

ieve

s th

e C

ounc

il m

ust k

eep

the

Cor

e tim

etab

le.

The

HBF

con

side

rs th

at th

e re

quire

men

ts fo

r hou

sing

to m

et th

e tim

etab

le to

be

prem

atur

e. T

he ta

rget

sh

ould

be

to a

gree

zer

o ca

rbon

sta

ndar

d by

201

6.

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Any

requ

irem

ent f

or re

new

able

ene

rgy

prov

isio

n up

on n

ew d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d be

del

iver

ed th

roug

h th

e hi

gher

sta

ges

of th

e C

ode

of S

usta

inab

le H

omes

. As

this

pro

vide

s a

fram

ewor

k an

d tim

esca

le to

whi

ch th

e in

dust

ry is

com

mitt

ed to

de

liver

ing.

The

HB

F co

nsid

ers

that

the

appl

icat

ion

of lo

cally

bas

ed e

nerg

y pe

rform

ance

sta

ndar

ds w

ould

be

unhe

lpfu

l in

faci

litat

ing

the

broa

der d

eliv

ery

of h

ighe

r ene

rgy

perfo

rman

ce a

nd c

onsu

mpt

ion

stan

dard

s fro

m n

ew h

ousi

ng.

The

indu

stry

bel

ieve

s th

at th

e be

st w

ay to

impr

ove

the

ener

gy e

ffici

ency

of n

ew h

ousi

ng s

tock

and

to p

rom

ote

rene

wab

le

ener

gy is

thro

ugh

inno

vatio

ns in

mat

eria

ls a

nd te

chno

logy

dev

elop

men

t and

the

econ

omie

s of

sca

le a

vaila

ble

to h

ouse

bu

ilder

s to

inco

rpor

ate

the

best

of t

hese

new

tech

nolo

gies

in th

e co

nstru

ctio

n pr

oces

s, n

ot b

y se

tting

arb

itrar

y ta

rget

s th

at a

re im

poss

ible

to m

easu

re.

We

feel

that

the

pres

crip

tion

of a

min

imum

per

cent

age

for t

he in

corp

orat

ion

of c

erta

in ty

pes

of lo

ng te

rm re

new

able

en

ergy

is n

eith

er c

onst

ruct

ive

nor b

enef

icia

l in

help

ing

to ta

ckle

clim

ate

chan

ge.

The

gene

ratio

n of

ene

rgy

via

mic

ro-re

new

able

s w

ill do

littl

e to

hel

p re

duce

car

bon

emis

sion

s. T

he re

duct

ion

is b

est

tack

led

thro

ugh

the

desi

gn a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

of h

omes

, im

prov

emen

ts to

the

exis

ting

hous

ing

stoc

k, c

hang

es in

co

nsum

er p

refe

renc

es a

nd in

divi

dual

beh

avio

ur a

nd, a

t the

mac

ro-s

cale

, thr

ough

inve

stm

ent i

n cl

eane

r pow

er

gene

ratio

n by

cen

tral G

over

nmen

t. A

ple

thor

a of

mic

ro-re

new

able

s sp

read

acr

oss

the

UK

's 2

6 m

illio

n ex

istin

g ho

mes

, ne

edin

g re

gula

r cle

anin

g, ro

utin

e se

rvic

ing

(by

peop

le in

van

s) a

nd e

vent

ual r

epla

cem

ent a

fter a

cou

ple

of d

ecad

es,

strik

es u

s an

inef

ficie

nt u

se o

f res

ourc

es.

Sola

r col

lect

ors

are

the

only

nea

r via

ble

on s

ite s

olut

ion

at th

e m

omen

t.

Polic

y3

356

On

the

issu

e of

SU

DS

thes

e sh

ould

be

enco

urag

ed o

r sou

ght w

here

app

ropr

iate

rath

er th

an b

e re

quire

d in

all

circ

umst

ance

s as

ther

e re

mai

n un

reso

lved

diff

icul

ties

in im

plem

entin

g th

em in

cer

tain

circ

umst

ance

s.

Ther

e ar

e al

so o

utst

andi

ng p

robl

ems

and

unce

rtain

ties

rega

rdin

g lo

ng te

rm m

anag

emen

t whi

ch m

ust b

e re

solv

ed

befo

re S

UD

S c

an re

ason

ably

be

a pr

e-re

quis

ite fo

r all

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y3

362

Obj

ect t

o th

e in

clus

ion

of c

riter

ia 2

in p

olic

y C

S3

rega

rdin

g en

ergy

effi

cien

cy a

s it

is n

ot in

acc

orda

nce

with

nat

iona

l gu

idan

ce.

PPS

1 st

ates

that

pla

nnin

g po

licie

s sh

ould

not

repl

icat

e, c

ut a

cros

s, o

r det

rimen

tally

affe

ct m

atte

rs w

ithin

the

scop

e of

oth

er le

gisl

atio

n. T

he b

uild

ing

prof

essi

on is

add

ress

ing

this

thro

ugh

the

Bui

ldin

g re

gula

tions

.

We

supp

ort t

he in

clus

ion

of p

arag

raph

3 fo

cusi

ng o

n re

new

able

ene

rgy,

whi

ch is

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith R

SS

polic

y.

Polic

y3

374

It is

not

nec

essa

ry fo

r the

LD

F to

incl

ude

a po

licy

cove

ring

this

issu

e. T

he re

quire

men

t for

all

new

hou

sing

to a

chie

ve

Cod

e 5

imm

edia

tely

is u

nrea

listic

. Th

is s

houl

d be

cha

nged

to C

ode

2.

Also

con

side

r tha

t the

requ

irem

ent f

or 1

5% o

n-si

te re

new

able

ene

rgy

gene

ratio

n by

201

1 ris

ing

to 5

0% b

y 20

21, i

s la

ckin

g pr

oper

just

ifica

tion

and

prob

ably

not

nec

essa

ry.

Doe

s no

t tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt th

e po

ssib

ility

of o

ff si

te re

new

able

en

ergy

whi

ch is

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e/ap

prop

riate

. It

is a

lso

the

case

that

if in

the

futu

re n

ew h

omes

are

in fa

ct c

arbo

n ne

utra

l, th

e po

licy

obje

ctiv

es w

ould

be

met

in a

diff

eren

t way

.

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Nee

d to

incl

ude

the

wor

d 'c

ultu

ral'

in 4

.iii o

f pol

icy

CS

3 to

read

Maj

or tr

ansp

ort,

leis

ure,

tour

ist,

cultu

ral a

nd c

omm

unity

fa

cilit

ies.

The

atre

and

per

form

ing

arts

faci

litie

s ar

e re

quire

d el

emen

ts o

f a s

usta

inab

le c

omm

unity

, pro

vidi

ng s

ocia

l, cu

ltura

l, en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

ben

efits

. Th

eatre

s m

ake

a m

ajor

con

tribu

tion

to th

e vi

talit

y of

tow

n ce

ntre

s an

d ar

e si

gnifi

cant

ele

men

ts o

f any

tow

n or

city

's c

ultu

ral i

nfra

stru

ctur

e.

Polic

y3

410

"Stro

ngly

wel

com

e th

e C

ounc

ils c

omm

itmen

t in

this

pol

icy"

… to

add

ress

the

impa

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

by

putti

ng

sust

aina

bilit

y at

the

hear

t of t

he s

patia

l pla

nnin

g pr

oces

s".

The

polic

y co

ntai

ns a

num

ber o

f com

mitm

ents

and

targ

ets

for c

uttin

g C

O2

emis

sion

s an

d fo

r pro

mot

ion

of o

n si

te

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion

for n

ew d

evel

opm

ent.

Wel

com

e P

ara

1 of

this

pol

icy

(hed

ges/

trees

etc

).

To im

prov

e th

e po

licy…

wor

ding

sho

uld

be m

ore

expl

icit

the

role

whi

ch h

igh

qual

ity o

pen

spac

e an

d w

oodl

and

can

play

in

ena

blin

g ad

optio

n to

clim

ate

chan

ge.

It is

impo

rtant

to p

rom

ote

land

scap

e sc

ale

actio

n to

link

, buf

fer a

nd e

xten

d ex

istin

g se

mi-n

atur

al h

abita

ts a

s a

key

stra

tegy

to e

nabl

e w

ildlif

e to

mov

e an

d ad

apt t

o th

e im

pact

of c

limat

e ch

ange

.

We

note

that

the

Cou

ncil

is in

volv

ed w

ith a

par

tner

ship

of 5

Tee

s V

alle

y au

thor

ities

to d

evel

op a

stra

tegi

c ne

twor

k of

G

reen

Infra

stru

ctur

e an

d th

at is

pre

cise

ly th

e ty

pe o

f lan

dsca

pe s

cale

thin

king

whi

ch w

e w

ould

adv

ocat

e.

Polic

y3

415

NW

L w

ould

sup

port

this

pol

icy,

par

ticul

ar it

em 7

.

Polic

y3

419

Rec

omm

end

not u

sing

gen

eric

phr

ases

whi

ch s

impl

y se

ek to

enc

oura

ge th

e us

e of

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y, re

new

able

en

ergy

and

min

imis

ing

was

te a

nd p

ollu

tion.

Rec

omm

end

the

incl

usio

n of

an

over

arch

ing

clim

ate

chan

ge p

olic

y w

ithin

the

Cor

e S

trate

gy d

ocum

ent,

addr

essi

ng th

e ab

ove

issu

es, a

nd th

e in

clus

ion

of d

iscr

ete,

pro

activ

e po

licie

s on

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y, re

new

able

ene

rgy,

sus

tain

able

de

sign

and

con

stru

ctio

n, w

ithin

the

Dev

elop

men

t Con

trol D

PD.

Polic

y3

421

Rec

omm

end

that

pol

icie

s de

sign

ed to

saf

egua

rd th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd s

ettin

g of

list

ed b

uild

ings

, con

serv

atio

n ar

eas

and

gree

nbel

t, fo

r exa

mpl

e, h

ave

rega

rd to

the

posi

tive

emis

sion

s an

d in

miti

gatin

g ag

ains

t the

env

ironm

enta

lly d

amag

ing

effe

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

.

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Stro

ngly

urg

e th

e C

ounc

il to

incl

ude

a pr

escr

iptiv

e m

icro

-gen

erat

ion

polic

y an

d re

fere

nce

to th

e po

sitiv

e co

ntrib

utio

n th

at s

uch

a po

licy

can

have

on

incr

easi

ng o

vera

ll le

vel o

f ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y w

hile

sig

nific

antly

redu

cing

ene

rgy

rela

ted

carb

on e

mis

sion

s w

ithin

dev

elop

men

t.

BWE

A em

phas

is th

e co

ntrib

utio

n th

at s

mal

l ren

ewab

le s

yste

ms

can

mak

e….C

ounc

il sh

ould

impl

emen

t a p

olic

y fo

r the

m

anda

tory

requ

irem

ent f

or o

nsite

rene

wab

les,

as

requ

este

d by

Yve

tte C

oope

r, th

e M

inis

ter f

or H

ousi

ng a

nd P

lann

ing,

on

the

8th

of J

une

2006

. S

uch

a po

licy

wou

ld re

quire

ons

ite re

new

able

s to

pro

vide

ele

ctric

ity fo

r at l

east

10%

of a

ll ne

w b

uild

ings

nee

ds in

clud

ing

refu

rbis

hmen

ts, i

n ad

ditio

n to

stri

ngen

t ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y/bu

ildin

g pe

rform

ance

re

quire

men

ts.

The

follo

win

g w

ordi

ng is

sug

gest

ed:

"All

non-

resi

dent

ial o

r mix

ed u

se d

evel

opm

ents

(new

bui

ld, c

onse

rvat

ion,

or r

enov

atio

n) a

bove

a th

resh

old

of 1

000m

2 w

ill be

exp

ecte

d to

pro

vide

at l

east

10%

of t

heir

ener

gy re

quire

men

ts fr

om o

nsite

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion.

All

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ents

(new

bui

ld, c

onse

rvat

ion,

or r

enov

atio

n) o

f 10

or m

ore

units

will

be e

xpec

ted

to p

rovi

de a

t le

ast 1

0% o

f the

ir en

ergy

requ

irem

ents

from

ons

ite re

new

able

ene

rgy

gene

ratio

n".

Polic

y3

423

Whi

le b

uild

ing

regu

latio

ns w

ill be

stre

ngth

ened

, we

reco

mm

end

the

incl

usio

n of

a d

iscr

ete

polic

y on

sus

tain

able

des

ign

and

cons

truct

ion

met

hods

, and

the

intro

duct

ion

of m

inim

um e

ffici

ency

sta

ndar

ds fo

r ext

ensi

ons

,cha

nge

of u

se

conv

ersi

ons

and

refu

rbis

hmen

ts.

Rec

omm

end

look

ing

at th

e re

new

able

Ene

rgy

Tool

Kit

for p

lann

ers,

dev

elop

ers

and

cons

ulta

nts,

dev

elop

ed b

y th

e Lo

ndon

Ene

rgy

Par

tner

ship

for f

urth

er g

uida

nce.

Polic

y3

424

Rec

omm

end

that

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan

prov

ide

a br

ief o

utlin

e of

the

diffe

rent

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion

tech

nolo

gies

, and

equ

ally

enc

oura

ge a

nd p

rom

ote

all f

orm

s of

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y (s

olar

, bio

mas

s, g

eoth

erm

al, h

ydro

et

c).

The

pot

entia

l for

an

Ene

rgy

Ser

vice

s C

ompa

ny a

nd s

ite-w

ide

CH

P s

houl

d al

so b

e co

nsid

ered

for i

nclu

sion

.

Polic

y3

46In

line

with

PPS

9 th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

mai

ntai

n, e

nhan

ce a

nd d

eliv

er o

ppor

tuni

ties

to b

uild

ben

efic

ial b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd

geol

ogic

al c

onse

rvat

ion

feat

ures

as

part

of g

ood

desi

gn.

Polic

y3

460

The

appr

oach

is in

gen

eral

con

form

ity w

ith re

gion

al p

lann

ing

polic

y. M

inim

isin

g th

e ne

ed to

trav

el a

nd re

duci

ng c

ar

depe

nden

cy th

roug

h th

e lo

catio

n of

dev

elop

men

t is

cons

iste

nt w

ith R

PG

1 po

licy

T1 a

nd R

SS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licie

s 2

and

5A.

The

prov

isio

n of

trav

el p

lans

in a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith a

ll ne

w d

evel

opm

ent,

and

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a

dem

and

man

agem

ent s

trate

gy is

con

sist

ent w

ith R

PG 1

Pol

icy

T11

and

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s Po

licie

s 53

and

54.

Ensu

ring

that

par

king

leve

ls d

o no

t exc

eed

the

leve

ls e

stab

lishe

d in

the

supp

lem

enta

ry p

lann

ing

docu

men

t on

park

ing

prov

isio

n is

sup

porte

d, p

rovi

ding

that

par

king

leve

ls d

o no

t exc

eed

the

leve

ls e

stab

lishe

d in

the

supp

lem

enta

ry p

lann

ing

docu

men

t on

park

ing

prov

isio

n is

sup

porte

d, p

rovi

ded

that

thes

e st

anda

rds

are

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e na

tiona

l m

axim

a. T

he R

SS

see

ks to

redu

ce p

arki

ng p

rovi

sion

.

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e St

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Ref

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omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y3

461

Polic

y is

sup

porte

d an

d ge

nera

lly c

onsi

sten

t with

RPG

G1

and

polic

ies

2 an

d 5B

of t

he p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Ref

eren

ce

to a

chie

ving

BR

EEA

M e

xcel

lent

ratin

g an

d th

e co

de fo

r sus

tain

able

hom

es is

sup

porte

d. H

owev

er ,

the

polic

y sh

ould

al

so m

ake

refe

renc

e to

all

new

dev

elop

men

t mee

ting

the

Ene

rgy

Effi

cien

cy B

est P

ract

ise

Sta

ndar

d in

acc

orda

nce

with

R

SS p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

polic

y 39

. In

pol

icy

CS

3, re

fere

nce

is m

ade

to th

e as

pira

tion

to a

chie

ve B

REE

AM ra

ting

by

2016

. In

acc

orda

nce

with

the

RS

S pr

opos

ed c

hang

es p

olic

y 39

all

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

achi

eve

BREE

M ra

ting

Very

Goo

d or

Exc

elle

nt a

nd c

onfo

rm to

the

code

for s

usta

inab

le h

omes

. Th

is s

houl

d be

refle

cted

in th

e po

licy.

Polic

y3

462

Rec

yclin

g fa

cilit

ies

are

supp

orte

d - c

onsi

sten

t with

was

te h

iera

rchy

RS

S p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

46.

Polic

y3

463

The

use

of s

ecur

e by

des

ign

prin

cipl

es is

con

sist

ent R

SS p

olic

y 24

.

Polic

y3

464

Ref

eren

ce to

wat

er re

cycl

ing

and

the

use

of S

UD

S is

sup

porte

d, a

nd c

onsi

sten

t with

RS

S pr

opos

ed c

hang

es p

olic

ies

24 a

nd 3

6.

Polic

y3

84Ag

ency

end

orse

s th

is p

olic

y w

hich

sup

ports

the

Cou

ncils

Pre

ferr

ed O

ptio

n to

add

ress

the

impa

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

by

putti

ng s

usta

inab

ility

at t

he h

eart

of th

e sp

atia

l pla

nnin

g pr

oces

s.

Polic

y3

85Ag

ree

that

all

new

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

cont

ribut

e to

war

ds re

new

able

ene

rgy

targ

ets.

Whe

ther

this

is o

n si

te o

r off

site

sh

ould

dep

end

on th

e sc

ale,

nat

ure

and

size

of t

he d

evel

opm

ent.

Polic

y3

86Su

ppor

t the

use

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sour

ces

whe

re a

pplic

able

and

this

pol

icy

will

supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils e

fforts

to

enco

urag

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

sour

ces.

Polic

y3

87Ag

ency

wel

com

es th

e po

licie

s re

fere

nce

to m

easu

res

aim

ed a

t ach

ievi

ng G

over

nmen

t tar

gets

on

was

te re

duct

ion.

In th

e co

ntex

t of t

his

polic

y it

may

be

usef

ul to

not

e th

e w

ork

of R

enew

Tee

s Va

lley

whi

ch is

sup

porte

d by

One

N

orth

Eas

t and

pro

vide

s a

cent

re fo

r ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y an

d w

aste

man

agem

ent t

echn

olog

ies

lead

ing

to n

ew e

cono

mic

ac

tivity

. It

is in

tend

ed th

at th

is w

ill co

me

thro

ugh

inw

ard

inve

stm

ent,

the

crea

tion

of n

ew b

usin

esse

s an

d he

lpin

g ex

istin

g lo

cal b

usin

esse

s to

dev

elop

/div

ersi

fy in

to n

ew m

arke

ts in

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y an

d re

cycl

ing.

Thi

s w

ill en

sure

th

at a

cros

s th

e Te

es V

alle

y w

e ha

ve a

n in

tegr

ated

app

roac

h to

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

was

te m

anag

emen

t.

Polic

y4

118

In s

ectio

n 1

of th

is p

olic

y th

e su

b-ar

eas

of th

e B

orou

gh a

re a

lloca

ted

a qu

antit

y of

em

ploy

men

t lan

d. I

t is

not c

lear

from

this

whi

ch la

nd is

alre

ady

allo

cate

d an

d w

hich

is n

ew re

quire

men

t. T

he d

istri

butio

n of

em

ploy

men

t lan

d do

es n

ot

refle

ct th

e m

arke

t dem

and

for l

and

in a

cces

sibl

e at

tract

ive

loca

tions

.

We

are

wor

ried

by th

e st

atem

ent t

hat "

know

ledg

e ba

sed

empl

oym

ent u

ses"

will

be s

uppo

rted

in th

e U

nive

rsity

Cam

pus

and

at N

orth

Sho

re.

By im

plic

atio

n St

ockt

on w

ill no

t sup

port

know

ledg

e ba

sed

empl

oym

ent e

lsew

here

. Th

e kn

owle

dge

econ

omy

is th

e fu

ture

of S

tock

ton.

Lim

iting

inve

stm

ent t

o tw

o si

tes

is n

ot s

uffic

ient

.

This

pol

icy

may

hav

e to

be

revi

ewed

whe

n P

PS

4 is

pub

lishe

d w

hich

may

requ

ire a

mor

e pe

rmis

sive

app

roac

h to

de

velo

pmen

t.

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omm

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t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y4

12Su

ppor

t the

allo

catio

n of

40

hect

ares

of g

ener

al e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

in Y

arm

/Eag

lesc

liffe

Polic

y4

125

Supp

ort d

raft

polic

y S

C4

whi

ch s

uppo

rts th

e de

velo

pmen

t of k

now

ledg

e-ba

sed

empl

oym

ent u

ses

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

Dur

ham

Uni

vers

ities

Que

ens

Cam

pus

and

expa

nsio

n at

Nor

th S

hore

. H

owev

er, w

e co

nsid

er th

at g

reat

er fl

exib

ility

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed re

gard

ing

the

uses

sug

gest

ed a

t SC

4 3(

vii).

Thi

s sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to s

tate

"Kno

wle

dge-

base

d em

ploy

men

t use

s as

soci

ated

with

Dur

ham

Uni

vers

ities

Que

ens

Cam

pus

and

expa

nsio

n at

Nor

th S

hore

. A

ppro

pria

te

uses

cou

ld in

clud

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

hea

lth c

entre

car

e cl

uste

r, re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent a

nd p

rest

ige

offic

es".

Polic

y4

131

SC4

conc

entra

tes

on th

e ap

proa

ch to

the

prov

isio

n of

em

ploy

men

t lan

d to

con

tribu

te to

eco

nom

ic re

gene

ratio

n.

How

ever

the

polic

y al

so s

eeks

to s

uppo

rt gr

owth

in to

uris

m th

roug

h va

rious

initi

ativ

es.

Supp

ort P

olic

y S

C4

how

ever

if th

e po

licy

is to

incl

ude

non

B cl

ass

empl

oym

ent g

ener

atin

g us

es, i

t is

our o

pini

on th

at it

sh

ould

refle

ct a

ll us

es w

hich

mak

e a

cont

ribut

ion

to e

xist

ing

and

futu

re e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd e

cono

mic

rege

nera

tion.

In

this

rega

rd, w

e w

ould

hig

hlig

ht th

at re

tail

faci

litie

s in

the

Boro

ugh

and

Tees

side

reta

il Pa

rk in

par

ticul

ar a

re s

igni

fican

t di

rect

and

indi

rect

con

tribu

tors

to th

e ec

onom

y.

This

pol

icy

shou

ld re

fer t

o th

e ro

le p

laye

d by

all

empl

oym

ent g

ener

atin

g ac

tiviti

es in

clud

ing

reta

il, c

omm

erci

al, l

eisu

re

etc.

Polic

y4

141

The

prop

osed

stra

tegy

fails

to re

cogn

ise

the

pote

ntia

l of l

arge

are

as o

f Bro

wnf

ield

em

ploy

men

t lan

d at

St

ockt

on/B

illin

gham

and

it is

not

cle

ar w

hat d

iffer

ence

s is

inte

nded

by

the

diffe

rent

wor

ding

in 4

and

5.

Nee

d to

cla

rify

wha

t fur

ther

dev

elop

men

t und

er u

se c

lass

es B

1, B

2 an

d B8

dev

elop

men

t is

still

to b

e w

elco

med

and

su

ppor

ted

at H

aver

ton

Hill.

Polic

y4

187

Wel

com

e Pa

rt 6

of th

e P

olic

y w

hich

con

cern

s gr

owth

in s

usta

inab

le to

uris

m h

owev

er in

vest

men

t in

the

hist

oric

en

viro

nmen

t is

capa

ble

of m

uch

mor

e th

an im

prov

ing

the

tour

ism

and

leis

ure

offe

r. It

is g

enui

nely

cro

ss-c

uttin

g an

d ca

n he

lp to

brin

g ab

out e

cono

mic

rege

nera

tion

acro

ss a

bro

ad ra

nge

of b

usin

ess

sect

ors.

Som

e re

cogn

ition

of t

his

with

in th

e po

licy

wou

ld b

e w

elco

med

.

Polic

y4

197

Wel

com

e th

e po

licie

s fle

xibi

lity

in re

latio

n to

pro

tect

ing

exis

ting

site

s. E

mpl

oym

ent s

ites

inap

prop

riate

ly lo

cate

d or

w

hich

are

deg

rade

d m

ay b

e be

tter r

edev

elop

ed e

ither

for m

ore

pres

tigio

us fo

rms

of e

mpl

oym

ent o

r oth

er h

ighe

r val

ue

uses

. In

eith

er c

ase

ther

e w

ould

be

likel

y be

nefit

s in

term

s of

rege

nera

tion

and

the

envi

ronm

ent.

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y4

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Not

e th

e pr

efer

red

optio

n fo

r Sea

l San

ds a

nd N

orth

Tee

s P

ools

for c

hem

ical

indu

strie

s. A

s ar

eas

of B

illin

gham

are

a (a

s de

fined

on

the

Cor

e S

trate

gy D

iagr

am) a

re d

esig

nate

d as

SPA

- an

d be

caus

e se

vera

l are

as a

djac

ent t

o th

e SP

A ar

e us

ed b

y SP

A sp

ecie

s, p

artic

ular

ly a

s a

high

tide

roos

t but

als

o as

a fe

edin

g ha

bita

t - th

e R

SPB

is c

once

rned

that

th

is s

trate

gy c

ould

adv

erse

ly a

ffect

the

inte

grity

of t

he S

PA.

The

exta

nt S

tock

ton

Loca

l Pla

n al

loca

tions

imm

edia

tely

to th

e so

uth

of th

e m

ain

inte

rtida

l are

a at

Sea

l San

ds a

re

know

n to

hav

e nu

mbe

rs o

f cur

lew

, a s

peci

es fo

rmin

g pa

rt of

the

SPA

's in

tern

atio

nally

impo

rtant

wat

erfo

wl

asse

mbl

age.

Hea

vy in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ent a

t the

se lo

catio

ns w

ould

ther

efor

e le

ad to

the

loss

of h

abita

ts.

Als

o no

te

that

two

site

s ad

jace

nt to

the

Rov

er T

ees

to th

e ea

st o

f Por

t Cla

renc

e lie

dire

ctly

beh

ind

part

of th

e S

PA k

now

n as

the

Nor

th T

ees

Mud

flats

, and

ther

efor

e ha

ve p

oten

tial t

o le

ad to

the

loss

of S

PA

inte

rtida

l hab

itat t

hrou

gh c

oast

al s

quee

ze.

Due

to th

e hi

gh p

oten

tial f

or a

dver

se e

ffect

s on

the

SPA

in th

e Bi

lling

ham

are

a, C

S4

shou

ld in

clud

e a

sim

ilar p

olic

y sa

fegu

ard.

How

ever

, as

stat

ed a

bove

the

Cou

ncil

need

s to

take

a m

ore

thor

ough

app

roac

h st

atin

g th

at n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

PA in

tegr

ity w

ill b

e al

low

ed.

The

CS

's A

A w

ill ne

ed to

pro

vide

cle

ar e

vide

nce

that

the

prop

osed

al

loca

tions

can

be

deliv

ered

with

out a

n ad

vers

e ef

fect

.

Polic

y4

220

Our

com

men

ts re

gard

ing

sect

ion

1 of

SC

4 al

so a

pply

to s

ectio

n 3.

Aga

in, t

he C

ounc

il w

ill ne

ed to

dem

onst

rate

that

its

polic

ies

rega

rdin

g w

aste

man

agem

ent t

echn

olog

y an

d en

ergy

gen

erat

ion

at B

illin

gham

and

Sea

l San

ds c

an b

e re

alis

tical

ly d

eliv

ered

with

out a

ffect

ing

the

SPA

. W

e no

te th

at s

uch

deve

lopm

ents

will

hav

e re

gard

to th

e im

pact

s on

th

e en

viro

nmen

t and

loca

l com

mun

ities

. Th

is in

insu

ffici

ent p

rote

ctio

n fo

r the

SP

A an

d w

ould

con

tradi

ct th

e H

abita

t R

egul

atio

ns.

Sect

ion

3 re

info

rces

our

vie

w th

at S

C4

shou

ld c

onta

in a

n ex

plic

it co

mm

itmen

t to

ensu

ring

that

em

ploy

men

t lan

d al

loca

tions

will

not

lead

to a

dver

se e

ffect

s on

the

SPA

.

Polic

y4

221

With

refe

renc

e to

sec

tion

4.Th

ink

that

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy s

houl

d co

ntai

n a

spec

ific

spat

ial p

olic

y to

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y. A

s re

gard

s re

new

able

en

ergy

man

ufac

turin

g, o

ur c

omm

ents

rega

rdin

g se

ctio

ns 1

and

3 a

lso

appl

y to

sec

tion

4.

Polic

y4

278

It is

unc

lear

how

the

empl

oym

ent l

and

figur

es in

Tab

le 5

rela

te to

the

figur

es g

iven

in th

e po

licy.

Als

o th

e lo

catio

n de

scrip

tions

sho

uld

corre

spon

d w

ith th

e em

ploy

men

t pro

visi

on d

escr

iptio

ns w

ithin

the

spat

ial s

trate

gy a

s ou

tline

d in

the

draf

t pol

icy

SC1,

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te.

Polic

y4

306

As p

revi

ousl

y st

ated

, the

Age

ncy

gene

rally

sup

ports

the

prin

cipl

e of

eco

nom

ic g

row

th w

here

it c

an b

e se

cure

d in

a

sust

aina

ble

man

ner a

nd c

onsi

ders

that

em

ploy

men

t dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be lo

cate

d on

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d la

nd

whe

re it

will

not

hav

e a

detri

men

tal i

mpa

ct u

pon

the

SRN

and

whe

re it

can

be

acce

ssed

by

a va

riety

of s

usta

inab

le

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt. W

ith re

gard

s to

the

quan

tity

of e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

prop

osed

, the

Age

ncy

will

be a

ble

to p

rovi

de a

m

ore

deta

iled

asse

ssm

ent o

f ind

ivid

ual p

ropo

sed

site

s du

ring

its re

view

of t

he R

egen

erat

ion

DPD

(sho

uld

the

requ

ired

leve

l of d

etai

l be

avai

labl

e).

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It is

con

side

red

that

pol

icy

CS

4 sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to in

clud

e re

fere

nce

to W

ynya

rd w

hich

is id

entif

ied

in p

olic

y C

S1

and

polic

ies

18 a

nd 1

9 of

the

RS

S.

The

follo

win

g ad

ditio

nal b

ulle

t is

cons

ider

ed n

eces

sary

:

"Wyn

yard

70

hect

ares

of p

rest

ige

empl

oym

ent l

and"

.

Polic

y4

399

Supp

ort e

spec

ially

to p

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e ro

le o

f the

rive

r Tee

s co

rrid

or a

s a

key

econ

omic

driv

er a

nd w

ater

spo

rtsde

stin

atio

n.

Polic

y4

465

The

incl

usio

n of

the

rest

ricte

d ca

tego

ries

of e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

(I.e.

airp

ort r

elat

ed u

ses,

che

mic

als

and

stee

l) w

ithin

this

ta

ble

has

the

effe

ct o

f red

ucin

g th

e cl

arity

of t

he p

olic

y, a

nd it

s re

latio

nshi

p w

ith p

olic

y 18

of t

he p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

to

the

RS

S.

Polic

y 18

mak

es p

rovi

sion

for g

ener

al e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

regi

onal

bro

wnf

ield

mix

ed u

se a

lloca

tions

and

pre

stig

e em

ploy

men

t site

s, w

hich

tota

ls 3

25 h

ecta

res.

Airp

ort,

chem

ical

s an

d st

eel a

re id

entif

ied

sepa

rate

ly in

Tab

le 1

of t

he

prop

osed

cha

nges

to R

SS,

and

an

allo

catio

n of

445

hec

tare

s is

pro

vide

d in

pol

icy

23.

This

diff

eren

tiatio

n be

twee

n th

e 32

5 he

ctar

es in

the

gene

ral,

mix

ed u

se a

nd p

rest

ige

cate

gorie

s is

use

ful a

nd p

rovi

des

a cl

ear d

istin

ctio

n be

twee

n th

ese

and

the

spec

ialis

t use

s. W

hils

t thi

s is

ess

entia

lly a

pre

sent

atio

nal m

atte

r the

pol

icy

wou

ld b

enef

it fro

m g

reat

er c

larit

y an

d di

ffere

ntia

tion

betw

een

the

allo

catio

n in

pol

icy

18 o

f the

RS

S an

d th

ose

in p

olic

y 23

.

In a

dditi

on th

e ai

rpor

t cat

egor

y sh

ould

be

pres

ente

d as

sep

arat

e fro

m th

e pr

inci

pal a

lloca

tions

.

Polic

y4

466

Shou

ld W

ynya

rd b

e ac

cept

ed, t

he N

EA

wou

ld e

ncou

rage

the

incl

usio

n of

a h

ighe

r allo

catio

n in

the

subm

issi

on d

raft

core

stra

tegy

to a

ccou

nt fo

r thi

s in

crea

se in

the

allo

catio

n at

this

pre

stig

e em

ploy

men

t site

(145

hec

tare

s fo

r pre

stig

e em

ploy

men

t site

s an

d an

incr

ease

in th

e to

tal u

nres

trict

ed e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

to 4

00 h

ecta

res.

Polic

y4

467

It is

cur

rent

ly u

ncle

ar a

s to

how

the

allo

catio

ns o

f gen

eral

em

ploy

men

t lan

d to

the

sub

area

s, a

s id

entif

ied

on th

e ke

y di

agra

m, a

re re

late

d to

the

allo

catio

n of

235

hec

tare

s in

the

prop

osed

cha

nges

to R

SS

.

This

pol

icy

wou

ld b

enef

it fro

m a

cle

arer

bre

akdo

wn

of th

e R

SS a

lloca

tion

as w

ell a

s a

brea

kdow

n of

the

supp

ly o

f re

stric

ted

empl

oym

ent l

and.

Polic

y4

468

Ref

eren

ce s

houl

d be

mad

e di

rect

ly to

Wyn

yard

as

a pr

estig

e em

ploy

men

t site

. Th

e sc

ale

of e

mpl

oym

ent g

row

th

antic

ipat

ed a

t Wyn

yard

will

have

tran

spor

t im

plic

atio

ns th

at w

ill ne

ed to

be

reco

gnis

ed a

s an

issu

e, b

oth

in th

is p

olic

y an

d po

licy

CS

2.

Polic

y4

469

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licy

4 di

rect

s lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s to

pla

n fo

r the

man

aged

rele

ase

of e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

for t

he

perio

ds 2

004-

11; 2

011-

16 a

nd 2

016-

21.

The

Cor

e S

trate

gy s

houl

d th

eref

ore

ensu

re th

at e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

supp

ly is

pr

iorit

ised

in o

rder

of i

ts p

hase

d re

leas

e.

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48M

ake

refe

renc

e to

rege

nera

tion

in ru

ral a

reas

. R

ecog

nise

the

need

for d

iver

sific

atio

n of

the

rura

l eco

nom

y an

d th

e de

liver

y of

new

agr

i - e

nviro

nmen

tal s

chem

es (E

nviro

nmen

tal S

tew

ards

hip)

to s

ecur

e w

ides

prea

d en

viro

nmen

tal

bene

fits

to in

clud

ing

enha

ncem

ent o

f bio

dive

rsity

, lan

dsca

pe a

nd c

ultu

ral i

nter

ests

. T

his

will

requ

ire e

stab

lishm

ent o

f a

rang

e of

ski

lls a

nd e

nter

pris

es, w

hich

the

LDF

shou

ld e

ncou

rage

. Th

is p

olic

y sh

ould

als

o be

link

ed to

a p

olic

y w

hich

co

vers

the

re-u

se o

f rur

al b

uild

ings

.

Polic

y4

49Po

int 5

. N

eed

to e

nsur

e pr

otec

tion

of th

e na

tura

l her

itage

val

ue a

s w

ell a

s th

e am

enity

val

ue o

f the

rive

r cor

ridor

.

Polic

y4

50Po

int 6

. P

olic

y sh

ould

see

k to

impr

ove

acce

ss to

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Add

ition

al s

ites

that

sho

uld

be in

clud

ed in

the

list:

Te

esm

outh

Nat

iona

l Nat

ure

Res

erve

; the

Tee

s Fo

rest

; Por

track

Mar

sh N

atur

e R

eser

ve (T

ees

Val

ley

Wild

life

Trus

t).

Polic

y4

70M

akes

no

refe

renc

e to

the

20ha

of g

ener

al e

mpl

oym

ent l

and

whi

ch d

raft

RSS

pro

vide

s fo

r at S

outh

Sid

e at

DTV

A.

See

polic

y 18

of R

SS.

CS

shou

ld in

clud

e a

sim

ilar r

efer

ence

.

Polic

y4

88Br

oadl

y en

dors

e th

e C

ounc

ils P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

for t

he d

istri

butio

n an

d ph

asin

g of

the

Boro

ughs

hou

sing

nee

ds.

Polic

y4

89W

elco

me

the

prot

ectio

n af

ford

ed o

f exi

stin

g em

ploy

men

t site

s by

this

pol

icy.

Polic

y4

90W

elco

me

the

incl

usio

n of

the

know

ledg

e-ba

sed

empl

oym

ent u

ses

asso

ciat

ed w

ith D

urha

m U

nive

rsity

's Q

ueen

s C

ampu

s an

d N

orth

Sho

re s

ince

thes

e si

tes

activ

ely

enco

urag

e re

gene

ratio

n of

Sto

ckto

n B

orou

gh.

Nor

th S

hore

is o

ne

of th

e ei

ght R

egio

nal B

row

nfie

ld M

ixed

Use

Dev

elop

men

t Sch

emes

iden

tifie

d w

ithin

the

draf

t sub

mis

sion

Reg

iona

l Sp

atia

l Stra

tegy

.

Polic

y4

91It

is a

ppro

pria

te fo

r thi

s C

ore

Stra

tegy

to in

clud

e re

fere

nce

to th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

kills

trai

ning

con

tribu

tion

whe

re

appr

opria

te.

Polic

y4

92In

clus

ion

with

in th

e C

S o

f a re

quire

men

t for

dev

elop

ers

to p

rovi

de a

ski

lls tr

aini

ng p

rogr

amm

e w

ithin

app

ropr

iate

de

velo

pmen

t pro

posa

ls w

ill en

sure

that

this

impo

rtant

issu

e is

add

ress

ed.

Polic

y5

108

Spor

t Eng

land

not

e th

e de

sire

to e

xten

d th

e Sp

lash

faci

lity

but w

ould

onl

y su

ppor

t suc

h a

prop

osal

whe

re n

eed

for

addi

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s w

as s

how

n to

be

nece

ssar

y th

roug

h a

PPG

17

com

plia

nt L

ocal

Nee

ds A

naly

sis.

Polic

y5

119

Supp

ort t

he th

rust

of t

he P

olic

y. P

leas

ed th

at it

doe

s no

t see

k to

lim

it of

fice

deve

lopm

ent t

o To

wn

Cen

tres

whi

ch w

e fe

el w

ould

be

a m

ista

ke.

Wou

ld li

ke to

see

con

side

ratio

n of

Bow

esfie

ld fo

r a lo

cal s

hopp

ing

cent

re.

At p

rese

nt th

ere

are

260

resi

dent

ial u

nits

an

d a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of p

eopl

e w

orki

ng in

and

aro

und

Bow

esfie

ld.

It w

ould

mak

e se

nse

for t

here

to b

e a

smal

l loc

al

reta

il pr

ovis

ion

with

in th

is a

rea.

Polic

y5

126

Supp

ort D

raft

Polic

y SC

5 w

hich

focu

ses

and

prom

otes

pro

posa

ls fo

r ret

ailin

g as

wel

l as

offic

es, l

eisu

re, c

ultu

re, s

ocia

l an

d co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s w

ithin

the

tow

n ce

ntre

.

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Ackn

owle

dge

that

Cor

e St

rate

gies

focu

s on

Sto

ckto

n's

role

as

the

mai

n ce

ntre

in th

e Bo

roug

h fo

r ret

ail,

cultu

re, l

eisu

re

and

civi

c ad

min

istra

tive

activ

ities

.

Wel

com

e re

cogn

ition

of t

he ro

le o

f Tee

ssid

e re

tail

Park

in th

e re

tail

hier

arch

y bu

t con

side

r tha

t the

mor

e ap

prop

riate

ap

proa

ch w

ould

be

to a

ckno

wle

dge

that

add

ition

al re

tail

deve

lopm

ent w

ill be

sub

ject

to P

PS6

con

side

ratio

ns.

A c

riter

i aba

sed

polic

y re

flect

ing

PPS6

is th

eref

ore

reco

mm

ende

d ag

ains

t whi

ch a

ny la

rge

scal

e no

n to

wn

cent

re re

tail

prop

osal

sca

n be

con

side

red.

If su

ch p

ropo

sals

are

sho

wn

to m

eet t

he c

riter

ia in

this

pol

icy

it w

ould

be

pref

erab

le, f

rom

the

poin

t of v

iew

of

sust

aina

bilit

y, to

firs

t loc

ate

new

dev

elop

men

t at e

xist

ing

out o

f cen

tre re

tail

loca

tions

bef

ore

cons

ider

ing

new

free

st

andi

ng s

ites.

Thi

s w

ould

impr

ove

oppo

rtuni

ties

for s

ingl

e tri

ps to

reta

il de

stin

atio

ns a

nd h

elp

redu

ce in

crea

ses

in th

e nu

mbe

r of j

ourn

eys.

In o

ur o

pini

on, P

ortra

ck L

ane

is in

ferio

r to

Tees

ide

Park

in P

lann

ing

Term

s as

the

reta

il pr

ovis

ion

on P

ortra

ck L

ane

is

dist

ribut

ed o

ver a

wid

er a

rea

with

littl

e op

portu

nity

for l

inke

d tri

ps.

In c

ompa

rison

Tee

side

Par

k pr

ovid

es a

co

ncen

tratio

n of

reta

il w

areh

ousi

ng a

nd o

ther

faci

litie

s.

The

follo

win

g m

odifi

catio

n to

SC

5 sh

ould

be

mad

e:

The

mai

n ex

istin

g ou

t of c

entre

reta

il pr

ovis

ion

in S

tock

ton

is lo

cate

d at

Tee

side

Ret

ail P

ark

and

Por

track

Lan

e. T

hese

lo

catio

ns fo

rm a

n es

tabl

ishe

d pa

rt of

the

over

all n

etw

ork

of re

tail

prov

isio

n in

the

Boro

ugh.

The

role

pla

yed

by T

eesi

de

Ret

ail P

ark

will

cont

inue

to b

e re

cogn

ised

. W

here

the

follo

win

g cr

iteria

can

be

satis

fact

orily

add

ress

ed, t

he C

ounc

il w

ill fir

st w

ish

to s

ee id

entif

ied

need

s m

et a

t Tee

side

Ret

ail P

ark

(a) t

here

is a

pro

ven

need

for t

he p

ropo

sed

deve

lopm

ent,

and

(b) T

here

are

no

avai

labl

e, s

uita

ble

or v

iabl

e si

tes

or th

e pr

opos

ed d

evel

opm

ent i

n or

on

the

edge

of S

tock

ton

tow

n ce

ntre

or o

ther

def

ined

cen

tres,

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt th

e ty

pes

of g

oods

sol

d an

d th

e ro

le o

f the

cen

tres

© th

e de

velo

pmen

t wou

ld n

ot re

sult

in a

n un

acce

ptab

le lo

ss to

the

vita

lity

and

viab

ility

of a

ny n

earb

y to

wn

cent

re, a

nd(d

) the

dev

elop

men

t wou

ld n

ot re

sult

in a

n un

acce

ptab

le in

crea

se in

con

gest

ion

on th

e su

rrou

ndin

g hi

ghw

ay n

etw

ork,

an

d(e

) the

dev

elop

men

t wou

ld b

e ac

cess

ible

by

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort f

rom

a w

ide

area

and

wou

ld n

ot s

igni

fican

tly e

xten

d jo

urne

y pa

ttern

s.

Polic

y5

132

The

curr

ent r

etai

l hie

rarc

hy p

rom

oted

thro

ugh

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy P

refe

rred

Opt

ions

is c

onst

rain

ing

reta

il de

velo

pmen

t th

at is

nec

essa

ry to

ens

ure

vita

l and

via

ble

cent

res.

Ing

leby

Bar

wic

k sh

ould

be

a di

stric

t cen

tre in

ord

er th

at it

can

ad

equa

tely

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f its

larg

e an

d ex

pand

ing

loca

l pop

ulat

ion.

The

re s

houl

d al

so b

e an

ext

ensi

on to

the

cent

re b

ound

ary

as p

art o

f the

re-d

esig

natio

n.

Polic

y5

134

Exam

inin

g th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

Dia

gram

, it i

s w

orth

y of

not

e th

at o

ut o

f the

5 H

ousi

ng S

ubdi

visi

on A

reas

mar

ked,

Ingl

ey

Barw

ick

is th

e on

ly s

ub a

rea

with

out a

dis

trict

or t

own

cent

re (a

s th

ey a

ppea

r in

the

curr

ent r

etai

l hie

rarc

hy).

This

ba

lanc

e m

ust b

e re

-dre

ssed

and

Ingl

eby

Barw

ick

reco

gnis

ed m

ore

stro

ngly

in th

e re

tail

hier

arch

y w

ith d

esig

natio

n as

a

dist

rict c

entre

, as

part

of th

e w

ider

rear

rang

emen

t of t

he re

tail

hier

arch

y.

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Obj

ect t

o th

e pr

opos

ed h

iera

rchy

in re

spon

se s

o O

bjec

tive

4 an

d pr

opos

ed D

raft

Cor

e S

trate

gy P

olic

y 5

(CS5

).

The

impo

rtanc

e of

Bill

ingh

am, T

horn

aby

and

Yarm

is re

cogn

ised

in b

oth

Obj

ectiv

e 4

and

SC5

but t

hey

rem

ain

allo

cate

d as

dis

trict

cen

tres,

in li

ne w

ith th

e ad

opte

d Te

es V

alle

y S

truct

ure

Pla

n 20

04.

Thor

naby

, Bill

ingh

am a

nd Y

arm

sho

uld

be re

allo

cate

d in

the

hier

arch

y as

tow

n ce

ntre

s.

The

curr

ent v

ersi

on o

f the

CS,

inco

rpor

atin

g th

e S

ecre

tary

of S

tate

s P

ropo

sed

chan

ges,

hig

hlig

hts

the

impo

rtanc

e of

St

ockt

on a

s an

urb

an c

entre

, but

it d

oes

not g

o as

far a

s di

rect

ing

the

role

of t

hese

cen

tres

furth

er d

own

the

hier

arch

y.

This

pro

vide

s an

opp

ortu

nity

to p

repa

re a

SC

that

cor

rect

s th

e cl

ear d

iscr

epan

cies

in th

e cu

rren

t arr

ange

men

t of t

he

reta

il hi

erar

chy.

Des

pite

bei

ng a

lloca

ted

as d

istri

ct c

entre

s, T

horn

aby,

Billi

ngha

m a

nd Y

arm

are

wel

l kno

wn

as 't

own

cent

res'

and

cl

early

per

form

tow

n ce

ntre

func

tions

in P

PS

6 te

rms.

The

loca

l cen

tres,

par

ticul

arly

Nor

ton

and

Ingl

eby

Bar

wic

k fu

nctio

n ov

er a

nd a

bove

loca

l cen

tres

in P

PS6

term

s an

d cl

early

per

form

dis

trict

cen

tre fu

nctio

ns.

Polic

y5

136

Re-

desi

gnat

ing

the

cent

res

in th

e hi

erar

chy

will

mor

e ac

cura

tely

refle

ct th

e sc

ale

of th

e ce

ntre

s an

d w

ill in

no

way

un

derm

ine

the

rege

nera

tion

of T

horn

aby

and

Billin

gham

tow

n ce

ntre

s.

It is

like

ly th

at it

will

supp

ort t

heir

grow

th a

nd e

nhan

ce th

eir v

italit

y an

d vi

abilit

y. S

houl

d th

e re

tail

hier

arch

y be

re-

desi

gnat

ed o

nly

deve

lopm

ent i

n-ke

epin

g w

ith th

e sc

ale

of th

e in

divi

dual

cen

tres

will

be p

erm

itted

(in

line

with

PPS

6).

Polic

y5

137

The

Ret

ail S

tudy

(200

4) is

cur

rent

ly b

eing

upd

ated

but

onl

y in

rela

tion

to th

e qu

antit

ativ

e ca

paci

ty a

vaila

ble

in th

e Bo

roug

h. I

n th

e ab

senc

e of

this

stu

dy, a

nd a

lack

of a

ny li

kely

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

the

reta

il hi

erar

chy,

a re

ason

able

an

d so

und

judg

emen

t to

mai

ntai

n th

e cu

rrent

sta

tus

quo

of th

e hi

erar

chy,

in li

ne w

ith th

e St

ruct

ure

Pla

n ca

nnot

be

mad

e by

the

Cou

ncil.

Polic

y5

138

Cur

rent

loca

l cen

tres

shou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

for e

valu

atio

n to

dis

trict

cen

tres,

par

ticul

arly

Hig

h S

treet

, Nor

ton

and

Myt

on

way

Ingl

eby

Bar

wic

k. T

hese

cha

nges

are

in li

ne w

ith P

PS6.

Polic

y5

139

Supp

ort t

he o

vera

ll ai

m o

f Pol

icy

CS

5. S

uppo

rt th

e ai

ms

to p

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e re

tail

char

acte

r and

func

tion

of

Stoc

kton

Tow

n C

entre

. S

uppo

rt th

e ai

m to

impr

ove

the

gate

way

s, c

reat

ing

new

dev

elop

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d pr

omot

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l im

prov

emen

ts.

Wel

com

e th

e ac

know

ledg

emen

t of t

he b

enef

its th

at th

e ne

w fo

od s

tore

will

brin

g to

the

tow

n ce

ntre

.

Con

side

r tha

t it w

ould

be

appr

opria

te to

hig

hlig

ht th

e ne

ed to

enh

ance

food

sto

re p

rovi

sion

in th

e to

wn

cent

re w

ithin

Po

licy

SC

5 its

elf:

Loca

l Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

orks

requ

ires,

und

er T

est o

f Sou

ndne

ss 4

, tha

t DPD

s ar

e co

nsis

tent

with

,in

ter a

lia, n

atio

nal p

lann

ing

polic

y. I

n th

is c

onte

xt, P

lann

ing

Pol

icy

Stat

emen

t 6 re

quire

s lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s to

iden

tify

defic

ienc

ies

in re

tail

prov

isio

n, a

sses

s th

e ca

paci

ty o

f exi

stin

g ce

ntre

s to

acc

omm

odat

e ne

w d

evel

opm

ent.

The

2004

reta

il st

udy,

iden

tifie

s a

need

to e

nhan

ce th

e pr

ovis

ion

of la

rge

food

sto

res

with

in e

xist

ing

cent

res.

The

Cor

e St

rate

gy s

houl

d re

cogn

ise

the

pote

ntia

l of t

he C

astle

gate

Cen

tre to

rege

nera

te th

is p

art o

f the

tow

n ce

ntre

.

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Con

cern

s ov

er th

e em

ergi

ng C

ore

Stra

tegy

con

sulta

tion

docu

men

t, in

rela

tion

to re

tailin

g an

d th

e av

aila

ble

evid

ence

ba

se.

Polic

y5

188

By re

spec

ting

and

build

ing

upon

the

hist

oric

cha

ract

er o

f the

tow

n ce

ntre

, a re

tail

offe

r can

be

prov

ided

whi

ch is

not

av

aila

ble

else

whe

re.

Als

o su

ppor

t the

reus

e of

upp

er fl

oors

and

it is

impo

rtant

to e

nsur

e th

at p

ropo

sals

at g

roun

d flo

or

leve

l do

not r

emov

e th

e op

portu

nity

for i

ndep

ende

nt a

cces

s to

the

floor

s ab

ove.

Polic

y5

198

Wel

com

e th

e C

ounc

ils c

omm

itmen

t to

focu

s an

d pr

omot

e pr

opos

als

for r

etai

ling

and

othe

r app

ropr

iate

tow

n ce

ntre

us

es w

ithin

the

dist

rict c

entre

s of

Bill

ingh

am, T

horn

aby

and

Yar

m.

In re

spec

t to

Thor

naby

par

ticul

ar m

entio

n is

mad

e in

resp

ect t

o its

rede

velo

pmen

t and

the

need

for a

ny a

dditi

onal

reta

il al

loca

tions

up

to 2

011

beca

use

ther

e is

littl

e ne

ed

for a

dditi

onal

floo

r spa

ce in

the

shor

t ter

m.

The

final

wor

ding

of t

his

polic

y sh

ould

indi

cate

the

leve

l of p

rovi

sion

nee

ded

in th

e m

ediu

m a

nd lo

ng te

rm.

Hou

sing

pro

visi

on is

cat

ered

for u

ntil

2024

and

Tho

rnab

y is

pla

nned

to h

ave

a si

gnifi

cant

pro

porti

on o

f tha

t gro

wth

. Su

ch g

row

th w

ill li

kely

gen

erat

e ex

tra re

tail

dem

and

and

this

nee

ds to

be

acco

mm

odat

ed.

Exp

ansi

ons

of th

e ce

ntre

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed to

enh

ance

the

sust

aina

bilit

y of

the

cent

res.

In re

spec

t to

the

NW

L si

te, t

his

is u

sed

as o

ffice

s w

ith a

ssoc

iate

d pa

rkin

g et

c. A

use

whi

ch is

con

side

red

alre

ady

to b

e an

app

ropr

iate

tow

n/di

stric

t cen

tre u

se.

Exte

ndin

g th

e bo

unda

ry o

f the

cen

tre a

roun

d th

e N

WL

site

wou

ld s

eem

ap

prop

riate

and

alte

ring

the

abov

e po

licy

to a

llow

this

wou

ld e

nsur

e th

at th

e S

C is

flex

ible

eno

ugh

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

plan

ned

for g

row

th a

nd h

elp

to m

ake

the

SC s

ound

. Th

e N

WL

site

cou

ld a

lso

faci

litat

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

link

bet

wee

n Al

lens

way

and

Tre

ncha

rd A

venu

e w

hich

cou

ld b

e pa

rtly

fund

ed b

y th

e re

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

site

for h

ighe

r val

ue to

wn

cent

re u

ses.

Thi

s w

ould

als

o pr

ovid

e a

sout

hern

bou

ndar

y of

the

site

. Th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

uch

a lin

k ro

ad h

as a

num

ber

of b

enef

its p

artic

ular

in im

prov

ing

acce

ss to

the

cent

re.

Polic

y5

228

The

Cou

ncils

pre

ferr

ed o

ptio

n as

set

out

with

in th

is p

olic

y is

to fo

cus

and

prom

ote

prop

osal

s fo

r ret

ailin

g as

wel

l as

offic

es, c

omm

erci

al a

nd le

isur

e ac

tiviti

es w

ithin

Sto

ckto

n To

wn

Cen

tre.

This

is s

uppo

rted

how

ever

if th

e vi

sion

and

as

pira

tions

of t

he C

ounc

il ar

e to

be

achi

eved

in re

spec

t of e

cono

mic

and

soc

ial g

row

th, t

hen

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy s

houl

d be

pos

itive

ly p

lann

ing

for n

ot ju

st a

ccom

mod

atin

g th

ese

uses

in th

e To

wn

Cen

tre b

ut e

xpan

ding

the

cent

re a

nd s

eein

g it

grow

to it

s fu

ll po

tent

ial.

Thi

s sh

ould

mea

n am

endi

ng th

is p

olic

y to

allo

w fo

r gro

wth

of t

he T

own

Cen

tre.

Sug

gest

ing

that

ther

e sh

ould

be

no fu

rther

reta

il al

loca

tions

in a

dvan

ce o

f 201

1 sh

ould

be

dele

ted

give

n th

at a

ny re

tail

deve

lopm

ent

can

have

wid

er e

cono

mic

ben

efits

and

sup

port

the

wid

er a

ims

and

visi

on.

Polic

y5

249

We

supp

ort t

he C

ounc

il's p

ositi

on g

iven

to S

tock

ton

tow

n ce

ntre

.

Polic

y5

250

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no s

cope

for f

urth

er d

evel

opm

ent a

t Tee

ssid

e P

ark

and

Por

track

Lan

e, a

s ou

t-of-c

entre

site

s.

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y5

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The

Cou

ncil

supp

ort t

he o

bjec

tives

of D

raft

Cor

e S

trate

gy P

olic

y C

S5, a

nd it

s ai

m to

focu

s an

d pr

omot

e de

velo

pmen

t in

Sto

ckto

n to

wn

cent

re.

How

ever

, the

Cou

ncil

cons

ider

that

it w

ould

be

appr

opria

te to

stre

ngth

en th

e po

licy

stan

ce fo

r ou

t of c

entre

dev

elop

men

ts a

t Tee

ssid

e Pa

rk a

nd P

ortra

ck L

ane.

Th

is s

houl

d se

ek to

ens

ure

that

no

furth

er d

evel

opm

ents

take

pla

ce in

thes

e ou

t of c

entre

loca

tions

, whi

ch a

re

iden

tifie

d in

the

emer

ging

reta

il w

ork

bein

g un

derta

ken

alre

ady

capt

ure

a si

gnifi

cant

sha

re o

f ret

ail t

rade

in th

e su

b re

gion

. Fu

rther

reta

il gr

owth

in th

ese

loca

tions

cou

ld u

nder

min

e th

e ro

les

of M

iddl

esbr

ough

and

Sto

ckto

n to

wn

cent

res.

In

this

co

ntex

t it i

s co

nsid

ered

that

it w

ould

be

appr

opria

te fo

r the

pol

icy

to m

ake

refe

renc

e to

the

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h fo

r site

se

lect

ion

and

the

need

to p

rote

ct th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abilit

y of

cen

tres

with

in th

e re

tail

hier

arch

y.

Polic

y5

279

Obj

ect t

o dr

aft P

olic

y C

S5 a

s it

conf

licts

with

Pla

nnin

g P

olic

y St

atem

ent 6

: Pla

nnin

g fo

r Tow

n C

entre

s pa

ragr

aph

2.16

w

hich

sta

tes

that

pla

nnin

g au

thor

ities

sho

uld

"iden

tify

the

cent

res

with

in th

eir a

rea

whe

re d

evel

opm

ent w

ill be

focu

ssed

,as

wel

l as

the

need

for a

ny n

ew c

entre

s of

loca

l im

porta

nce,

and

dev

elop

stra

tegi

es fo

r dev

elop

ing

and

stre

ngth

enin

g ce

ntre

s of

loca

l im

porta

nce,

and

dev

elop

stra

tegi

es fo

r dev

elop

ing

and

stre

ngth

enin

g ce

ntre

s w

ithin

thei

r are

a."

The

draf

t pol

icy

does

iden

tify

the

cent

res

but o

nly

deal

s w

ith th

e pe

riod

up to

201

1, th

e dr

aft p

olic

y sh

ould

cov

er th

e sa

me

perio

d as

indi

cate

d in

the

visi

on, I

.e. 2

021.

Polic

y5

307

Gen

eral

ly s

uppo

rt th

e R

etai

l Stra

tegy

and

wel

com

e th

e pr

iorit

y af

ford

ed to

tow

n ce

ntre

s, w

hich

is in

acc

orda

nce

with

na

tiona

l pla

nnin

g gu

idan

ce.

The

Agen

cy c

onsi

ders

that

tow

n ce

ntre

are

gen

eral

ly th

e m

ost s

usta

inab

le lo

catio

ns fo

r de

velo

pmen

t on

the

grou

nds

of a

cces

sibi

lity

by a

wid

e ra

nge

of tr

ansp

ort m

odes

.

Polic

y5

327

Supp

ort g

ener

al im

prov

emen

ts to

the

reta

il of

fer a

nd s

hopp

ing

envi

ronm

ent i

n S

tock

ton,

par

ticul

arly

in li

ght o

f the

si

gnifi

cant

leve

l of g

row

th p

resc

ribed

und

er th

e em

ergi

ng R

egio

nal S

patia

l Stra

tegy

for t

he N

orth

Eas

t. T

o th

is e

nd, w

e su

ppor

t the

Cou

ncils

pol

icie

s to

enh

ance

the

cent

res.

Polic

y5

328

Rec

ogni

ses

that

pla

nned

impr

ovem

ents

to a

ll th

ree

of th

ese

cent

res

will

pro

tect

and

enh

ance

the

func

tion

of th

ese

stor

es, a

nd b

elie

ves

that

its

Billi

ngha

m s

tore

cou

ld p

lay

a pi

vota

l rol

e in

the

prop

osal

s at

this

cen

tre.

ASD

A w

ould

als

o lik

e th

e C

ounc

il to

ens

ure

that

any

futu

re re

tail

grow

th o

f the

se a

reas

wou

ld c

ontin

ue to

pro

tect

the

viab

ility

of t

hese

ce

ntre

s an

d C

ounc

ils in

vest

men

t in

thei

r enh

ance

men

t.

Polic

y5

329

ASD

A w

ould

urg

e th

e C

ounc

il to

ado

pt a

pol

icy

whi

ch, w

hile

pro

tect

ing

the

role

s of

exi

stin

g ce

ntre

s, a

lso

allo

ws

for

reta

il de

velo

pmen

ts e

lsew

here

whe

re it

can

mee

t wid

er s

usta

inab

ility

, eco

nom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l obj

ectiv

es, i

nclu

ding

m

eetin

g lo

cal n

eeds

and

pro

mot

ing

Sto

ckto

n's

com

petit

iven

ess.

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e St

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gy

Ref

eren

ceC

omm

ent

Num

ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y5

357

Pref

eren

ce w

ould

be

for t

he in

clus

ion

of O

ptio

n 2.

The

phas

ing

sugg

este

d in

Opt

ion

2 co

ncen

trate

s on

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

n Ya

rm a

nd E

agle

sclif

fe o

n a

mea

ning

ful

scal

e 20

11-2

016.

We

supp

ort t

he th

rust

of t

his

optio

n pa

rticu

larly

the

prio

rity

give

n to

Bro

wnf

ield

rege

nera

tion

site

s.

How

ever

gre

ater

em

phas

is s

houl

d be

pla

ced

with

in p

hase

s 20

04-2

011

whe

re s

ites

are

avai

labl

e, s

uita

ble

and

help

to

deliv

er w

ider

pol

icy

obje

ctiv

es s

uch

as re

cycl

ing

rate

s an

d af

ford

able

hou

sing

. Ad

vice

con

tain

ed w

ithin

PPS

3 an

d its

cu

rren

t con

text

iden

tifie

s ne

w h

ouse

bui

ldin

g as

a n

atio

nal p

riorit

y. R

SS

and

PPS

3 no

te th

at h

ousi

ng n

umbe

rs w

ithin

th

e R

SS

are

not c

eilin

gs, t

hey

seek

to in

crea

se a

fford

abili

ty, i

mpr

ove

desi

gn a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce.

One

of

the

Stra

tegi

c H

ousi

ng P

olic

y go

als

of P

PS3

is to

pro

vide

"dec

ent h

omes

for e

very

one,

affo

rdab

le, w

here

peo

ple

wan

t to

live"

To

focu

s ne

w h

ousi

ng a

nd d

evel

opm

ent w

ith th

e SM

I and

Cor

e A

rea

wou

ld u

nder

min

e th

is s

trate

gic

Hou

sing

Po

licy

Goa

l.

Polic

y5

364

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils o

bjec

tives

of t

his

polic

y.

Polic

y5

392

We

are

plea

sed

to s

ee th

at a

Cul

tura

l Qua

rter w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

and

that

the

text

incl

udes

pro

mot

ing

a ba

lanc

ed a

nd

soci

ally

incl

usiv

e cu

ltura

l sec

tor.

Tow

n ce

ntre

s ar

e ab

out m

ore

than

just

reta

iling…

expr

essi

on o

f the

ir cu

lture

and

id

entit

y. A

s w

ell a

s sh

ops

they

sho

uld

prov

ide

a ra

nge

of fu

nctio

ns.

Polic

y5

400

Supp

ort -

esp

ecia

lly 2

4 ho

ur e

cono

my

alon

g R

iver

Tee

s, in

clud

ing

Tees

Bar

rage

.

Polic

y5

425

Supp

ort P

olic

y C

S5

on T

own

Cen

tres.

Sup

port

the

stra

tegy

to fo

cus

prop

osal

s fo

r ret

ail a

nd o

ther

tow

n ce

ntre

use

s w

ithin

Tho

rnab

y to

wn

cent

re a

s a

desi

gnat

ed d

istri

ct c

entre

. Th

ornf

ield

Pro

perti

es h

ave

draw

n up

a re

tail-

led

rede

velo

pmen

t sch

eme

for T

horn

aby

tow

n ce

ntre

, whi

ch is

urg

ently

in n

eed

of a

reta

il-le

d re

deve

lopm

ent s

chem

e fo

r Th

orna

by to

wn

cent

re.

Polic

y5

470

The

appr

oach

is c

onsi

sten

t with

RP

G1

polic

ies

TC2

and

TC3

whi

ch d

irect

pla

ns to

est

ablis

h a

hier

arch

y of

cen

tres,

an

d co

nsid

er th

e sc

ope

for n

ew o

r rep

lace

men

t dis

trict

and

loca

l cen

tres.

The

prio

rity

to c

once

ntra

te to

wn

cent

re u

ses

in S

tock

ton

prim

arily

, and

then

in th

e di

stric

t cen

tres

of Y

arm

, Bill

ingh

am, a

nd T

horn

aby

is c

onsi

sten

t with

RP

G 1

pol

icy

R1

and

RS

S p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

polic

y 25

, whi

ch d

irect

tow

n ce

ntre

use

s to

def

ine

urba

n ce

ntre

s, c

omm

ensu

rate

with

th

eir s

cale

and

func

tion.

Alth

ough

not

a re

quire

men

t of r

egio

nal p

lann

ing

polic

y, e

stab

lishi

ng th

e sc

ale

of d

evel

opm

ent a

ccep

tabl

e an

d an

ticip

ated

in th

e ce

ntre

s lis

ted

in p

olic

y C

S5

wou

ld m

ore

clea

rly d

efin

e th

eir r

ole

and

ensu

re th

at a

ny d

evel

opm

ent i

s co

nsis

tent

with

thei

r sca

le a

nd fu

nctio

n. T

he re

stric

tion

of d

evel

opm

ent

in o

ut o

f cen

tre lo

catio

ns is

con

sist

ent w

ith

RP

G1

polic

y R

D3,

whi

ch s

tate

s th

at d

evel

opm

ent p

lans

sho

uld

not m

ake

prov

isio

n fo

r new

out

of c

entre

reta

il de

velo

pmen

t of r

egio

nal o

r sub

-reg

iona

l sig

nific

ance

.

The

role

Sto

ckto

n pl

ays

in th

e re

gion

, as

a co

mm

erci

al c

entre

sho

uld

be o

utlin

ed in

the

supp

ortin

g te

xt to

the

polic

y.

Polic

y5

93Ag

ency

end

orse

s th

is p

olic

y w

hich

sup

ports

the

Cou

ncils

Pre

ferr

ed O

ptio

n to

prio

ritis

e th

e to

wn

cent

res

with

in th

e Bo

roug

h an

d to

focu

s an

d pr

omot

e pr

opos

als

for m

ain

serv

ices

with

in th

ose

cent

res.

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men

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mar

y

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y5

94Th

e re

cent

mas

ter p

lann

ing

exer

cise

, whi

ch c

over

s riv

ersi

de/to

wn

cent

re a

rea

of S

tock

ton

has

foun

d th

at o

ne o

f the

bi

gges

t obs

tacl

es to

rege

nera

tion

of th

e to

wn

cent

re is

the

loss

of r

etai

lers

to o

ut o

f tow

n lo

catio

ns.

Age

ncy

wel

com

es

the

rest

rictio

ns im

pose

d by

this

pol

icy

to re

sist

out

-of-t

own

cent

re re

tail

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y6

109

Wel

com

e th

e th

rust

of t

his

polic

y, p

artic

ular

ly th

e cl

arifi

catio

n on

par

a 6.

39 th

at s

port

and

recr

eatio

n fa

cilit

ies

are

an

esse

ntia

l par

t of t

he ra

nge

of fa

cilit

ies

that

mak

e co

mm

uniti

es s

usta

inab

le.

The

wor

d 's

port

' sho

uld

be in

serte

d in

poi

nt 4

afte

r the

wor

ds o

pen

spac

e.

Poin

t 5 c

ould

be

amen

ded

to re

ad "S

uppl

emen

ts th

e Bu

ildin

g Sc

hool

s fo

r the

Fut

ure

prog

ram

me

to m

eet t

he B

orou

gh' s

need

for f

acili

ties"

.

Dra

ft P

olic

y 11

Pla

nnin

g O

blig

atio

ns.

Spo

rt E

ngla

nd s

uppo

rt th

is p

olic

y.

Polic

y6

172

The

polic

y is

too

narr

owly

dra

fted

in a

geo

grap

hic

sens

e as

it d

oes

not e

ncou

rage

the

use

of ri

ver c

orrid

ors

othe

r tha

n th

e Te

es fo

r lei

sure

and

recr

eatio

nal p

urpo

ses.

Inc

reas

ing

the

cove

rage

to in

clud

e th

e B

illin

gham

Bec

k Va

lley

wou

ld

help

ass

ist w

ith th

e re

med

iatio

n of

con

tam

inat

ed la

nd a

nd w

ould

pro

vide

a li

nk b

etw

een

two

exis

ting

piec

es o

f co

mm

unity

infra

stru

ctur

e - t

he e

xist

ing

Cou

ntry

Par

k an

d th

e 8

Brid

ges

cycl

e w

ay.

Polic

y6

222

Wel

com

e th

e in

clus

ion

of o

pen

spac

e as

a c

omm

unity

faci

lity.

How

ever

bel

ieve

that

hig

h qu

ality

gre

en s

pace

in a

n im

porta

nt a

nd s

peci

fic c

omm

unity

faci

lity

that

sho

uld

be p

rom

oted

with

in th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

.

Sect

ion

3 an

d 4

shou

ld s

peci

fical

ly re

fer t

o th

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

hig

h qu

ality

gre

en s

pace

with

in th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart

and

in o

pen

spac

e/re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s th

roug

hout

the

Boro

ugh.

Polic

y6

308

Gen

eral

ly s

uppo

rtive

of t

his

polic

y, p

artic

ular

ly w

ith re

gard

to e

nsur

ing

that

add

ition

al fa

cilit

ies

are

prov

ided

whe

re th

ey

are

acce

ssib

le b

y m

eans

of t

rans

port

othe

r tha

n th

e pr

ivat

e ca

r. T

he A

genc

y al

so w

elco

mes

refe

renc

e to

enc

oura

ging

m

ultip

urpo

se fa

cilit

ies

in o

ne a

cces

sibl

e lo

catio

n, w

hich

can

hel

p to

incr

ease

the

serv

ice

prov

isio

n in

a c

omm

unity

re

duci

ng th

e ne

ed to

trav

el.

Polic

y6

324

It is

not

ed th

at th

e st

rate

gy s

eeks

to p

rovi

de a

rang

e of

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

at th

e he

art o

f eve

ry c

omm

unity

. Th

e C

S

goes

ont

o no

te th

at th

e co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s ca

n co

ntrib

ute

to c

omm

unity

coh

esio

n an

d id

entit

y, a

nd c

an a

lso

redu

ce

the

need

to tr

avel

by

prov

idin

g ea

sy a

cces

s to

mul

tiple

faci

litie

s. T

hat i

s pr

ecis

ely

that

is b

eing

pro

pose

d at

Wyn

yard

.

Polic

y6

365

Supp

ort t

his

polic

y.

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t Sum

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y6

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In S

pite

of t

he b

ulle

t poi

nts

at 6

.39

in th

e ac

com

pany

ing

text

we

sugg

est t

hat t

his

desc

riptio

n fo

r com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

shou

ld b

e si

mpl

ified

and

reco

mm

end

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

prov

ide

for h

ealth

, wel

fare

, soc

ial,

educ

atio

nal,

leis

ure

and

cultu

ral n

eeds

of t

he c

omm

unity

. Th

is w

ould

incl

ude

all t

he it

ems

men

tione

d bu

t cur

rent

ly th

eatre

s an

d pr

obab

ly o

ther

fa

cilit

ies

are

omitt

ed.

This

pol

icy

shou

ld a

lso

stat

e th

at th

e lo

ss o

f exi

stin

g fa

cilit

y w

ill b

e re

sist

ed u

nles

s it

an b

e de

mon

stra

ted

that

the

faci

lity

is n

o lo

nger

nee

ded,

or i

t can

be

esta

blis

hed

that

the

serv

ices

pro

vide

d by

the

faci

lity

can

serv

ed in

an

alte

rnat

ive

loca

tion

or m

anne

r tha

t is

equa

lly a

cces

sibl

e by

the

com

mun

ity.

Polic

y6

394

The

Stra

tegy

sho

uld

prov

ide

suffi

cien

t pro

tect

ion

to e

nsur

e co

ntin

ued

thea

tre u

se w

ithin

the

area

, par

ticul

arly

whe

re

thea

tres,

or b

uild

ings

for p

erfo

rman

ce a

rts, m

ay n

ot b

e co

vere

d by

list

ing

or c

onse

rvat

ion

area

s or

may

be

affe

cted

by

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

(incl

ude

perfo

rmin

g ar

ts fa

cilit

ies

that

sta

nd a

lone

, are

par

t of o

ther

faci

litie

s, o

r are

con

tain

ed

with

in e

duca

tiona

l or c

omm

unity

bui

ldin

gs.

Polic

y6

401

Supp

ort o

ppor

tuni

ties

with

in th

e riv

er c

orrid

or a

nd G

reen

Blu

e H

eart

to w

iden

the

Bor

ough

s cu

ltura

l, sp

ort,

recr

eatio

n an

d le

isur

e.

Polic

y6

471

Supp

ort t

he p

olic

y. T

his

is c

onsi

sten

t with

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licie

s 2

and

24,

In o

rder

to

bette

r ref

lect

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s 2

and

7, e

ither

this

pol

icy

and

or p

olic

y C

S3

shou

ld m

ake

refe

renc

e to

sup

porti

ng

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of a

net

wor

k of

gre

en in

frast

ruct

ure.

Polic

y6

95Su

ppor

t thi

s po

licy

whi

ch s

uppo

rts th

e C

ounc

ils P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

to e

nsur

e th

at a

dditi

onal

faci

litie

s m

eet t

he n

eeds

of

the

Bor

ough

.

Polic

y6

96W

elco

me

the

refe

renc

e in

this

pol

icy

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart

whi

ch re

cogn

ises

the

impo

rtanc

e of

the

com

mun

ity

bene

fits

that

this

long

term

pla

n ca

n pr

ovid

e.

Polic

y7

120

Supp

ort t

he 2

0% fl

exib

ility

over

and

abo

ve th

e R

SS ta

rget

.

Con

cern

ed th

at th

ere

may

be

over

relia

nce

on th

e C

ounc

ils S

trate

gic

Land

Ava

ilabi

lity

Ass

essm

ent w

hich

may

not

id

entif

y al

l the

opp

ortu

nitie

s w

hich

will

com

e fo

rwar

d ov

er a

per

iod

of ti

me.

The

urb

an a

reas

out

side

the

Cor

e A

rea

will

de

liver

sub

stan

tial B

row

nfie

ld w

indf

all h

ousi

ng in

the

futu

re.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith P

PS3

this

unk

now

n el

emen

t sho

uld

not b

e fa

ctor

ed in

to th

e LD

F su

pply

cal

cula

tions

.

Polic

y sh

ould

not

rest

rict w

indf

all s

ites

by in

clud

ing

a st

atem

ent t

hat h

ousi

ng c

alcu

latio

ns w

ill n

ot b

e us

ed a

s a

reas

on

for r

efus

ing

appl

icat

ions

on

urba

n B

row

nfie

ld w

indf

all s

ites.

Polic

y7

127

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

to s

uppo

rt re

gene

ratio

n th

roug

h th

e ad

ditio

n of

a fl

exib

le e

lem

ent o

f 20%

abo

ve

the

indi

cativ

e R

SS a

lloca

tion.

Polic

y7

148

The

spec

ific

prov

isio

n of

14

hom

es a

yea

r bet

wee

n 20

11 a

nd 2

016

seem

s ill

ogic

al a

nd is

not

foun

ded

upon

sou

nd

plan

ning

arg

umen

ts w

hich

are

arti

cula

ted

in th

e po

licy

or s

uppo

rting

text

. R

equi

res

a su

stai

nabl

e vi

llage

app

rais

al.

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e St

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Flex

ibilit

y do

es n

ot a

llow

for s

chem

es to

com

e fo

rwar

d w

ithin

the

Sto

ckto

n ar

ea to

mee

t cha

ngin

g ho

usin

g ne

ed.

Exis

ting

perm

issi

ons

are

unlik

ely

to a

ddre

ss n

eeds

spe

cific

ally

iden

tifie

d in

the

2006

(7) H

ousi

ng n

eeds

Stu

dy a

nd

ther

efor

e th

e ne

eds

of s

peci

fic g

roup

s, s

uch

as th

e el

derly

, will

be

com

prom

ised

unl

ess

they

mov

e in

to th

e C

ore

Area

. Th

is w

ill le

ad to

the

brea

k up

of e

stab

lishe

d co

mm

unity

sup

port

netw

orks

whi

ch is

con

side

red

unde

sira

ble.

Sto

ckto

n sh

ould

be

allo

cate

d a

sens

ible

pro

porti

on o

f the

hou

sing

allo

catio

n to

allo

w fo

r sus

tain

able

form

s of

dev

elop

men

t to

take

pla

ce w

hich

mee

t loc

al n

eeds

. It

is s

ugge

sted

that

an

allo

catio

n of

at l

east

100

hom

es a

yea

r sho

uld

be p

rovi

ded.

Polic

y7

199

Ackn

owle

dge

the

plan

ned

grow

th fo

r Tho

rnab

y.

Polic

y7

234

Allo

catin

g si

tes

in a

nd a

djoi

ning

ser

vice

villa

ges

wou

ld p

rom

ote

a gr

eate

r ran

ge a

nd c

hoic

e of

hou

se ty

pes.

The

land

to

the

north

of M

altb

y w

ould

be

able

to a

ccom

mod

ate

a m

ix o

f hig

her v

alue

and

affo

rdab

le d

wel

lings

.

Polic

y7

235

Supp

ort f

or th

e C

ounc

il's a

ppro

ach

to e

xten

d fle

xibi

lity

in th

e pr

ovis

ion

of h

ousi

ng b

y 20

%.

Polic

y7

266

Para

grap

h 6.

50.

Supp

ort t

he s

tate

men

t "Y

arm

doe

s no

t hav

e re

gene

ratio

n ne

eds

and

the

prop

osed

allo

catio

n fo

r the

Ya

rm a

nd E

agle

sclif

fe s

ub-d

ivis

ion

is a

ccor

ding

ly o

f a m

odes

t sca

le".

Als

o en

cour

aged

by

the

wes

tern

are

a in

trodu

ctio

n re

Yar

m.

How

ever

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r fur

ther

dev

elop

men

t her

e m

ay b

e lim

ited

by e

nviro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

, in

term

s of

its

hist

oric

fabr

ic a

nd c

onst

rain

ed s

ettin

g.

Polic

y7

269

Page

19

2.15

of r

egen

erat

ion

DPD

indi

cate

s th

at th

ere

is n

o ne

ed to

dev

elop

furth

er h

ousi

ng in

rura

l are

as y

et th

at

Cou

ncils

CS

7 H

ousi

ng a

nd d

istri

butio

n an

d ph

asin

g ta

ble

on p

age

45 o

f the

Cor

e S

trate

gy d

ocum

ent s

how

s a

figur

e of

14

in ru

ral a

reas

201

1-16

-pro

pose

d by

the

Cou

ncil.

Wou

ld li

ke th

e ru

ral d

evel

opm

ent n

umbe

r to

be re

duce

d to

0 in

all

year

s in

clud

ing

2011

-16.

Als

o m

ore

emph

asis

sho

uld

be p

lace

d on

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

di

sabl

ed e

.g. B

unga

low

s.

Polic

y7

27Th

ere

will

be

a po

litic

al a

nd s

ocia

l uph

eava

l if t

he p

ropo

sal f

or z

ero

build

ing

with

in S

tock

ton

is m

aint

aine

d th

roug

hout

th

e pl

an p

erio

d as

env

isag

ed.

Wou

ld li

ke th

e st

rate

gy to

be

re-th

ough

t with

the

maj

ority

of t

he c

ore

prop

osal

rem

oved

from

that

are

a an

d ap

plie

d to

th

e ar

ea h

eade

d S

tock

ton

(hou

sing

are

a 2)

. M

inor

am

endm

ents

requ

ired

to ru

ral a

rea

as w

ell.

Polic

y7

273

Dra

ft C

ore

Stra

tegy

Pol

icy

CS7

iden

tifie

s th

e ad

ditio

n of

a fl

exib

ility

elem

ent o

f 20%

abo

ve th

e in

dica

tive

Reg

iona

l Sp

atia

l Stra

tegy

(hou

sing

) allo

catio

n. I

t is

cons

ider

ed th

at th

e po

licy

wou

ld b

e m

ore

robu

st if

the

docu

men

t pro

vide

d so

me

evid

ence

as

to h

ow th

is fi

gure

has

bee

n re

ache

d. F

urth

erm

ore,

an

expl

anat

ion

of h

ow th

e ad

ditio

nal h

ousi

ng

elem

ent w

ill be

use

d w

ould

be

appr

opria

te.

Stoc

kton

Cou

ncil

shou

ld d

emon

stra

te th

at th

e fle

xibl

e el

emen

t of 2

0% w

ill su

ppor

t the

del

iver

y of

rege

nera

tion

activ

ities

, and

will

not b

e us

ed to

ena

ble

furth

er G

reen

field

or o

ther

dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

hich

cou

ld h

ave

a po

tent

ially

adv

erse

impa

ct o

n ho

usin

g m

arke

t ren

ewal

and

rege

nera

tion

activ

ities

.

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It w

ould

be

usef

ul if

the

docu

men

t inc

lude

d an

ass

essm

ent o

f how

the

Cou

ncils

pol

icie

s/pr

opos

als

impa

ct u

pon

wid

er

hous

ing

rene

wal

act

iviti

es, i

nclu

ding

thos

e be

ing

cond

ucte

d in

Mid

dles

brou

gh.

Such

an

appr

oach

, sym

path

etic

to

wid

er H

MR

act

iviti

es, w

ill he

lp s

uppo

rt th

e po

licy

obje

ctiv

es o

n th

e M

BC c

ore

stra

tegy

in ta

cklin

g H

MR

issu

es a

nd w

ide r

rege

nera

tion

activ

ities

.

Polic

y7

325

It st

ates

that

the

Cou

ncil

is c

urre

ntly

und

erta

king

a S

usta

inab

ility

Stu

dy w

hich

will

asse

ss th

e ho

usin

g ne

eds

of th

e vi

llage

s an

d th

eir a

bilit

y to

sup

port

addi

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t in

a su

stai

nabl

e w

ay.

Pend

ing

the

outc

ome

of th

e st

udy,

the

coun

cil m

ay c

onsi

der a

men

ding

allo

catio

ns to

the

rura

l sub

-div

isio

n w

ithin

dev

elop

men

t lim

its.

In re

latio

n to

Wyn

yard

it

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at it

has

a h

ybrid

role

as

not o

nly

a vi

llage

but

als

o as

a m

ajor

mix

ed u

se d

evel

opm

ent w

ith th

e po

tent

ial t

o ge

nera

te u

p to

150

00 jo

bs.

Hou

sing

and

em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed in

par

alle

l. W

e co

nsid

er a

n al

tera

tion

to p

olic

y C

S7

is re

quire

d to

ens

ure

that

a s

usta

inab

le s

patia

l stra

tegy

at W

ynya

rd, b

uild

ing

on th

esu

cces

s ac

hiev

ed to

dat

e ca

n be

sec

ured

.

Ther

e is

pot

entia

l for

up

to 3

00 a

dditi

onal

dw

ellin

gs a

t Wyn

yard

. Th

is is

requ

ired

to d

eliv

er a

sus

tain

able

com

mun

ity

and

also

ens

ures

hig

h qu

ality

hou

sing

to m

eet a

dem

onst

rabl

e re

quire

men

t is

prov

ided

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity to

the

sub

regi

ons

only

pre

stig

e em

ploy

men

t site

. Th

is is

con

side

red

nece

ssar

y to

ens

ure

that

the

stra

tegy

is th

e m

ost

appr

opria

te fo

r Sto

ckto

n on

Tee

s.

Thro

ugh

phas

ing,

we

wou

ld a

ntic

ipat

e de

velo

pmen

t com

ing

forw

ard

at a

rate

of 5

0 un

its p

er a

nnum

from

201

1 an

d w

ould

sug

gest

an

addi

tiona

l row

to b

e in

corp

orat

ed in

pol

icy

SC

7 as

follo

ws:

Wyn

yard

: 200

4-20

11

11-

16

16-

21

21-

24

0

50

50

0

With

in th

e pe

riod

2004

-201

1 it

is e

nvis

aged

that

dev

elop

men

t will

com

pris

e th

e co

ntin

uatio

n of

the

exta

nt c

onse

nts

at

Wyn

yard

bef

ore

the

curr

ent m

aste

rpla

n is

pro

gres

sed.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, no

allo

wan

ce fo

r add

ition

al u

nits

is p

ropo

sed

in th

ein

itial

per

iod.

Polic

y7

351

Obj

ect t

o ar

eas

and

the

lack

of a

lloca

tion

for S

tock

ton.

Polic

y7

352

Supp

ort f

lexi

bilit

y of

20%

Polic

y7

359

Bala

ncin

g th

e R

SS

and

the

requ

irem

ents

of P

PS3

in th

e pr

ovis

ion

of fu

ture

hou

sing

is g

ener

ally

sup

porte

d. A

s m

entio

ned

prev

ious

ly, C

ore

Pol

icy

CS

1 sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to re

flect

suf

ficie

nt h

ousi

ng c

omin

g fo

rwar

d to

take

ac

coun

t of n

eeds

and

dem

and

and

impr

ove

choi

ce.

20%

allo

wan

ce fo

r fle

xibi

lity

is w

elco

med

.

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Wel

com

e th

e pr

opos

als

to in

crea

se h

ousi

ng n

umbe

rs w

ithin

the

Bor

ough

and

is in

gen

eral

agr

eem

ent w

ith th

e C

ounc

il th

at O

ptio

n 1

wou

ld n

ot p

rovi

de a

n ad

equa

te fr

amew

ork

to a

chie

ve th

is g

oal.

We

supp

ort t

he 2

0% fl

exib

ility.

How

ever

th

e C

ounc

il ha

s go

t to

be s

atis

fied

that

in c

hoos

ing

Opt

ion

3 th

at th

is is

the

corr

ect w

ay to

inte

rpre

t the

PPS

3 20

% I.

e.

shou

ld/c

an C

ore

Stra

tegy

Allo

catio

n nu

mbe

rs in

clud

e 20

% fl

exib

ility

or is

this

to b

e tre

ated

as

an a

llow

able

ext

ra c

over

fo

r DC

pur

pose

s? P

erm

issi

on H

omes

see

ks c

larif

icat

ion

on th

is m

atte

r.

With

rega

rds

to In

gleb

y Ba

rwic

k, w

e ac

cept

the

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d no

t exc

eed

figur

es a

ntic

ipat

ed w

ithin

the

appr

oved

mas

terp

lan

(200

2) w

hich

is re

flect

ed w

ithin

the

stat

istic

al a

naly

sis

wor

k fo

r the

pol

icy;

how

ever

, we

prop

ose

that

the

Cor

e St

rate

gy d

ocum

ent s

houl

d m

ake

spec

ific

refe

renc

e to

this

mat

ter.

PH a

ckno

wle

dge

and

wel

com

es th

e ne

ed fo

r con

tinue

d re

gene

ratio

n of

the

Bor

ough

but

not

e ca

utio

n on

the

over

-re

lianc

e of

rege

nera

tion

site

s. P

ast s

ucce

ssfu

l hou

sing

pro

visi

on w

ithin

the

regi

on h

as b

een

achi

eved

thro

ugh

a ba

lanc

ed p

ropo

rtion

of s

ites

com

ing

forw

ard,

pro

vidi

ng ra

nge

and

choi

ce, a

nd it

is e

ssen

tial t

hat t

his

cont

inue

s to

be

the

case

, and

mai

ntai

ned

thro

ugho

ut th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

PM h

ighl

ight

s th

at la

rge

drop

s in

ann

ual r

equi

rem

ents

ove

r the

pla

n pe

riod

are

base

d on

per

form

ance

at t

he ti

me.

As

i tis

a re

quire

men

t to

cont

inua

lly m

onito

r the

pro

gres

s of

hou

sing

pro

visi

on th

roug

h An

nual

Mon

itorin

g re

ports

, we

requ

est t

hat t

he C

ore

Stra

tegy

sho

uld

show

mor

e fle

xibi

lity

in th

e nu

mer

ical

pha

sing

of d

istri

butio

n as

logi

cally

the

thre

epe

riods

will

roll

into

one

ano

ther

.

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Supp

ort 2

0% fl

exib

ility.

Thi

s fle

xibi

lity

elem

ent d

oes

not t

ake

acco

unt o

f the

fact

that

Tee

s Va

lley

Livi

ng h

as re

cent

ly

subm

itted

a b

id fo

r the

Tee

s Va

lley

to b

ecom

e a

grow

th p

oint

. Th

is c

ould

incr

ease

it fu

rther

.

Obj

ect t

o th

e pr

opos

ed d

istri

butio

n of

the

rem

aini

ng. N

on h

ousi

ng re

quire

men

t as

deta

iled

in th

e po

licy.

The

y co

nsid

er

that

the

over

con

cent

ratio

n of

dev

elop

men

t in

the

Cor

e Ar

ea a

nd th

e co

mpl

ete

abse

nce

of a

ny a

dditi

onal

dev

elop

men

t in

the

rest

of t

he S

tock

ton

Are

a to

be

unsu

stai

nabl

e an

d un

-sou

nd.

A m

ore

appr

opria

te d

istri

butio

n sh

ould

be

as

outli

ned

belo

w:

04-1

1

11-

16

16-

21

21-

24C

ore

Area

305

590

111

0Bi

lling

ham

1

90

250

150

Stoc

kton

0

300

500

Thor

naby

100

2

50

1

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rm/E

agle

sclif

fe

0

0

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eby

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ick

0

0

0

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al A

rea

6

4

5

0

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TAL

6

60

14

40

19

40

The

just

ifica

tion

for t

he fi

gure

in T

able

1 is

that

, in

term

s of

the

futu

re te

rms

of fu

ture

hou

sing

land

sup

ply

post

201

6,

the

Cor

e S

trate

gy is

unr

ealis

tic a

nd u

nsus

tain

ably

dep

enda

nt u

pon

the

Cor

e Ar

ea a

s th

e m

ain

sour

ce o

f site

s fo

r new

ho

usin

g de

velo

pmen

t - 6

4% 2

016-

2021

and

84%

202

1-20

24.

This

app

roac

h is

not

robu

st.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to e

nsur

e to

a b

road

er ra

nge

of n

ew h

ousi

ng th

roug

hout

the

plan

per

iod.

The

best

way

to a

ddre

ss th

is is

sue

is to

iden

tify

an a

dditi

onal

stra

tegi

c gr

owth

opt

ion

in th

e Bo

roug

h, a

s pr

evio

usly

pr

opos

ed in

the

Tees

Val

ley

Stru

ctur

e Pl

an.

The

land

at H

artb

urn

Gra

nge

on th

e w

este

rn e

dge

of S

tock

ton

tow

n (s

ite

Ha1

3 w

ould

be

the

best

site

.

Polic

y7

378

Obj

ect t

o th

e pr

efer

red

optio

n of

hou

sing

dis

tribu

tion

and

phas

ing.

The

flexi

bilit

y ap

proa

ch o

f 20%

cou

ld a

ffect

the

abili

ty o

f Red

car a

nd C

leve

land

Cou

ncil

to a

chie

ve it

s ow

n ho

usin

g re

quire

men

t fig

ure,

as

agre

ed b

y th

e Te

es V

alle

y au

thor

ities

.

Ther

e is

no

stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng ju

stifi

catio

n at

this

tim

e fo

r add

ing

a fu

rther

20%

ont

o th

e fig

ures

, not

with

stan

ding

that

so

me

uplif

t of t

he h

ousi

ng re

quire

men

t may

be

requ

ired

if th

e Te

es v

alle

ys b

id (g

row

th p

oint

) is

succ

essf

ul.

The

tabl

e in

Opt

ion

3 sh

ould

be

amen

ded

as s

et o

ut in

the

Tees

Val

ley

join

t res

pons

e da

ted

Aug

ust 2

007

by th

e JS

U t o

the

Nor

th E

ast R

egio

nal S

patia

l Stra

tegy

. Th

ese

figur

es w

ere

agre

ed b

y al

l the

Tee

s va

lley

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s.

Polic

y7

382

Ther

e is

no

reco

gniti

on m

ade

that

oth

er s

ites

will

com

e fo

rwar

d du

ring

the

life

of th

e LD

F th

at w

hils

t not

allo

cate

d, w

ill be

acc

epta

ble

in p

lann

ing

term

s, in

all

othe

r res

pect

s. I

n ac

cord

ance

with

the

appr

oach

take

n by

oth

er lo

cal

auth

oriti

es, i

t wou

ld b

e m

ore

appr

opria

te to

incl

ude

a se

para

te p

olic

y ad

dres

sing

this

issu

e.

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e St

rate

gy

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eren

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omm

ent

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ber

Com

men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y7

388

Supp

ort t

he 2

0% fl

exib

ility

ele

men

t of t

he R

SS re

quire

men

ts.

It is

cle

ar fr

om P

PS3

that

the

figur

es a

re n

ot a

cei

ling

and

are

only

inte

nded

to b

e a

guid

e on

hou

sing

num

bers

.

If th

e gr

owth

poi

nt b

id is

suc

cess

ful,

hous

ing

figur

es s

houl

d be

incr

ease

d.

Obj

ect t

o th

e pr

opos

ed d

istri

butio

n of

the

rem

aini

ng, n

on c

omm

itted

hou

sing

requ

irem

ents

as

deta

iled

in th

e po

licy.

It

cons

ider

s th

at th

e ov

er c

once

ntra

tion

of d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e C

ore

Area

and

am

ount

of a

dditi

onal

dev

elop

men

t pr

opos

ed in

the

rest

of t

he S

tock

ton

area

to b

e un

sust

aina

ble

and

unso

und.

For

the

reas

ons

outli

ned

in re

latio

n to

re

pres

enta

tions

on

the

Vis

ion

and

Spat

ial S

trate

gy th

ey w

ould

pre

fer a

mor

e eq

uita

ble

dist

ribut

ion

of h

ousi

ng w

hich

su

ppor

ts th

e lo

ng te

rm s

usta

inab

ility

of th

e B

orou

gh S

ervi

ce v

illag

es, p

artic

ular

ly T

horp

e Th

ewle

s.

The

num

ber o

f dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d be

incr

ease

d to

at l

east

50

in e

ach

of th

ree

plan

per

iods

to 2

024

from

the

pres

ent 1

4.

This

will

help

sup

port

the

rura

l vill

ages

.

Polic

y7

402

Supp

ort p

olic

y 7.

Polic

y7

408

Supp

ort t

he 2

0% fl

exib

ility

ele

men

t of t

he R

SS re

quire

men

ts.

It is

cle

ar fr

om P

PS3

that

the

figur

es a

re n

ot a

cei

ling

and

are

only

inte

nded

to b

e a

guid

e on

hou

sing

num

bers

.

If th

e gr

owth

poi

nt b

id is

suc

cess

ful,

hous

ing

figur

es s

houl

d be

incr

ease

d.

Obj

ect t

o th

e pr

opos

ed d

istri

butio

n of

the

rem

aini

ng, n

on c

omm

itted

hou

sing

requ

irem

ents

as

deta

iled

in th

e po

licy.

It

cons

ider

s th

at th

e ov

er c

once

ntra

tion

of d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e C

ore

Area

and

am

ount

of a

dditi

onal

dev

elop

men

t pr

opos

ed in

the

rest

of t

he S

tock

ton

area

to b

e un

sust

aina

ble

and

unso

und.

For

the

reas

ons

outli

ned

in re

latio

n to

re

pres

enta

tions

on

the

Vis

ion

and

Spat

ial S

trate

gy th

ey w

ould

pre

fer a

mor

e eq

uita

ble

dist

ribut

ion

of h

ousi

ng w

hich

su

ppor

ts th

e lo

ng te

rm s

usta

inab

ility

of th

e B

orou

gh S

ervi

ce v

illag

es, p

artic

ular

ly L

ongn

ewto

n.

“Ack

now

ledg

e ai

m n

umbe

r 5 o

n pa

ge 2

6 w

hich

sta

tes:

“El

sew

here

, dev

elop

men

t with

in li

mits

will

be s

mal

l sca

le, l

ow

key

grow

th d

emon

stra

bly

nece

ssar

y to

mai

ntai

n th

e vi

talit

y an

d vi

abili

ty o

f sus

tain

able

set

tlem

ents

and

ne

ighb

ourh

oods

”.

The

num

ber o

f dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d be

incr

ease

d to

at l

east

50

in e

ach

of th

ree

plan

per

iods

to 2

024

from

the

pres

ent 1

4.

This

will

help

sup

port

the

rura

l vill

ages

.

The

site

Nor

th o

f Whi

te H

ouse

Far

m a

nd a

t Mou

nt P

leas

ant w

ould

repr

esen

t the

bes

t loc

atio

n fo

r a h

ousi

ng a

lloca

tion

to s

usta

in th

e lo

ng te

rm v

italit

y an

d vi

abilit

y of

Lon

gnew

ton.

Polic

y7

416

Req

uest

clo

se li

aiso

n w

ith th

e C

ounc

il an

d po

tent

ial d

evel

opm

ent p

artn

ers

at th

e ea

rlies

t sta

ge to

iden

tify

the

prec

ise

deta

ils o

f fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent,

such

as

spec

ific

use

and

scal

e an

d de

nsity

of d

evel

opm

ent,

so th

at th

ey c

an c

arry

out

a

mor

e de

taile

d as

sess

men

t on

capa

city

issu

es re

latin

g to

indi

vidu

al s

ites

and

ther

efor

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns fo

r stra

tegi

c w

ater

and

sew

er in

vest

men

t in

the

Boro

ugh

over

the

Pla

n pe

riod.

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e St

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omm

ent

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ber

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men

t Sum

mar

y

Polic

y7

472

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

lices

5 a

nd 7

dire

ct th

e m

ajor

ity o

f new

dev

elop

men

t to

the

conu

rbat

ions

and

pla

ce

parti

cula

r em

phas

is o

n th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

the

core

urb

an a

reas

. P

olic

y 30

sho

uld

be s

een

as a

cei

ling

whe

re th

e ob

ject

ives

of t

he s

trate

gy a

re b

eing

fulfi

lled.

Con

cent

ratin

g m

ore

hous

ing

prov

isio

n in

par

t of t

he c

onur

batio

n re

pres

ents

an

over

pro

visi

on th

at w

ould

not

be

to th

e de

trim

ent o

f del

iver

ing

the

stra

tegy

.

Polic

y7

473

Hou

sing

sho

uld

be a

mix

of d

wel

lings

.

Polic

y7

474

Nee

d to

con

side

r how

this

wou

ld im

pact

on

the

wid

er h

ousi

ng m

arke

t are

a.

Polic

y7

475

Nee

d to

say

mor

e ab

out h

ousi

ng m

arke

t res

truct

urin

g an

d ho

w th

is w

ill o

ccur

- ho

w it

will

cont

ribut

e al

ongs

ide

the

net

dwel

ling

prov

isio

n, to

a b

ette

r hou

sing

sto

ck a

nd w

ider

pla

nnin

g ob

ject

ives

. S

ome

indi

catio

n of

ant

icip

ated

gro

ss b

uild

w

ould

ther

efor

e be

val

uabl

e be

caus

e it

wou

ld g

ive

reco

gniti

on to

bot

h fa

cets

of h

ouse

bui

ldin

g th

at a

re li

kely

to o

ccur

ov

er th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Polic

y7

476

RSS

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s po

licy

30 in

clud

es s

ub-r

egio

nal p

revi

ousl

y de

velo

ped

land

targ

ets,

whi

ch fo

r the

Tee

s Va

lley

is

70%

. Th

e N

EA

wou

ld s

uppo

rt re

fere

nce

to th

is ta

rget

in th

e po

licy.

Polic

y7

97Br

oadl

y en

dors

e th

e C

ounc

ils P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

for t

he d

istri

butio

n an

d ph

asin

g of

the

Boro

ughs

hou

sing

nee

ds.

Polic

y7

98Pr

evio

usly

the

Agen

cy, w

elco

med

the

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h to

site

sel

ectio

n. T

his

appr

oach

will

ena

ble

the

Cou

ncil

to

prio

ritis

e ar

eas

for d

evel

opm

ent a

nd e

nsur

e th

at s

ervi

ces

and

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

can

be p

lann

ed a

nd d

eliv

ered

whe

rere

quire

d ra

ther

than

a p

iece

mea

l app

roac

h to

dev

elop

men

t. T

here

is n

o m

entio

n of

the

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h w

ithin

Po

licy

7.

Polic

y7

99W

elco

me

the

20%

flex

ibilit

y al

low

ance

of t

his

polic

y in

the

cont

ext o

f the

del

iver

y of

the

hous

ing

elem

ent o

f the

SM

I, al

thou

gh w

e ac

know

ledg

e th

at 2

0% w

ill ne

ed to

be

just

ified

by

the

Cou

ncil

with

in th

e B

orou

ghs

over

all h

ousi

ng

allo

catio

n.

Polic

y8

100

Wel

com

e th

e in

clus

ion

of th

is p

olic

y w

hich

refe

rs to

the

prov

isio

n of

a m

ix a

nd b

alan

ce o

f goo

d qu

ality

hou

sing

of a

ll ty

pes

and

tenu

re.

It is

impo

rtant

to s

uppo

rt th

e Te

es V

alle

y Li

ving

Pro

ject

to re

stru

ctur

e th

e ho

usin

g st

ock.

An

impo

rtant

con

side

ratio

n in

ne

w b

uild

will

be n

ot o

nly

the

num

ber o

f uni

ts b

ut a

lso

the

type

of n

ew b

uild

and

how

this

rela

tes

to th

e ex

istin

g st

ock

in

the

Bor

ough

.

Wor

k on

the

regi

onal

hou

sing

asp

iratio

ns b

y th

e Ag

ency

dem

onst

rate

s th

e im

porta

nce

of p

rovi

sing

a d

iffer

ent r

ange

of

hous

ing

type

s in

the

futu

re in

ord

er to

ach

ieve

sus

tain

able

com

mun

ities

and

sup

port

the

regi

onal

eco

nom

y.

Polic

y8

101

It is

con

side

red

that

cro

ss b

ound

ary

issu

es re

latin

g to

hou

sing

pro

visi

on a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent w

ill b

e ad

dres

sed

only

by

cont

inue

d in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e ap

prop

riate

loca

l aut

horit

ies,

regi

onal

and

oth

er p

artn

ersh

ips.

Thi

s sh

ould

be

ackn

owle

dged

with

in th

is p

olic

y.

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y8

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Supp

ort t

he p

ropo

sal t

o pr

ovid

e 15

% a

fford

able

hou

sing

.

Polic

y8

129

Supp

ort t

he P

refe

rred

Opt

ion

to c

reat

e su

stai

nabl

e re

side

ntia

l com

mun

ities

by

prov

idin

g m

ix a

nd b

alan

ce o

f goo

d qu

ality

hou

sing

how

ever

do

not c

onsi

der t

hat t

here

is a

sou

nd e

vide

nce

base

to ju

stify

a re

quire

men

t for

a m

inim

um o

f 15

% a

fford

able

hou

sing

pro

visi

on o

n si

tes

over

15

dwel

lings

in u

rban

are

as, e

spec

ially

giv

en th

ere

is c

urre

ntly

a s

uppl

yof

9 y

ears

with

in th

e St

ockt

on u

rban

are

a. T

he L

ocal

Hou

sing

Nee

ds A

sses

smen

t req

uire

s th

e pr

ovis

ion

of 4

0 af

ford

able

uni

ts p

er a

nnum

, with

20.

6 of

thes

e to

be

prov

ided

with

in th

e St

ockt

on u

rban

are

a. T

here

are

cur

rent

ly 1

84

affo

rdab

le n

ew u

nits

com

ing

on s

tream

with

in th

e S

tock

ton

area

pro

vidi

ng a

9 y

ear s

uppl

y.

See

the

cove

ring

lette

r for

m

ore

deta

il.

CS8

sho

uld

be a

men

ded

to s

tate

the

follo

win

g:

"Hou

sing

pro

posa

ls o

f 15

units

or o

ver w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

pro

vide

an

appr

opria

te m

ix o

f hou

sing

on

the

site

, inc

ludi

ng

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng w

here

nec

essa

ry.

The

final

mix

will

be n

egot

iate

d w

ith th

e de

velo

per b

ased

on

loca

l hou

sing

nee

dsan

d as

pira

tions

iden

tifie

d in

the

up-to

-dat

e ho

usin

g m

arke

t ass

essm

ent".

Polic

y8

145

The

refe

renc

e in

Sec

tion

7iii

sugg

ests

a s

peci

al e

mph

asis

is to

be

give

n to

the

use

of C

ounc

il si

tes

to d

eliv

er a

fford

able

ho

usin

g. H

owev

er it

is c

oncl

uded

that

this

sho

uld

only

be

cons

ider

ed in

loca

tions

whi

ch a

re o

ther

wis

e su

itabl

e fo

r ho

usin

g in

acc

orda

nce

with

rem

aini

ng c

ore

polic

ies.

Dep

ot s

ites

in in

dust

rial a

reas

sho

uld

not b

e us

ed to

del

iver

af

ford

able

hou

sing

.

Nee

d to

cla

rify

the

wor

ding

of t

he p

olic

y to

mak

e it

clea

r tha

t suc

h si

tes

mus

t oth

erw

ise

be s

uita

ble

for h

ousi

ng.

Polic

y8

149

Cla

rify

that

dev

elop

men

t in

sust

aina

ble

villa

ges

need

not

be

requ

ired

to b

e af

ford

able

, oth

er th

an in

the

cont

ext o

f cl

ause

(5) u

nles

s th

e si

te is

pro

pose

d as

an

exce

ptio

ns s

ite a

nd is

out

side

def

ined

lim

its to

dev

elop

men

t. T

he p

olic

y m

ight

be

inte

rpre

tate

d to

sug

gest

that

onl

y ex

cept

ions

hou

sing

of w

hich

100

% w

ill b

e af

ford

able

, will

be

perm

itted

w

ithin

the

villa

ges.

Polic

y8

190

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

il's in

tent

ion

to re

nova

te a

nd im

prov

e th

e Bo

roug

h's

exis

ting

hous

ing

stoc

k w

here

sus

tain

able

and

vi

able

to d

o so

. In

ligh

t of t

he a

ppro

ach

to th

e pr

uden

t use

of e

xist

ing

build

ings

, the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

polic

y re

quire

s a

form

of a

dopt

ion

of e

xist

ing

build

ings

to h

elp

mee

t cur

rent

hou

sing

dem

ands

and

onl

y w

hen

it is

un

econ

omic

al o

r soc

ially

una

ccep

tabl

e to

do

so s

houl

d de

mol

ition

and

rede

velo

pmen

t be

cont

empl

ated

.

Supp

ort t

he w

ordi

ng o

f the

par

t of t

he s

econ

d co

nsid

erat

ion

whi

ch c

once

rns

itsel

f with

dem

oliti

on a

nd re

deve

lopm

ent.

Wel

com

e th

e po

licy

whi

ch s

eeks

to a

chie

ve a

min

imum

den

sity

of 3

0 dw

ellin

gs p

er h

ecta

re.

Polic

y8

284

Rur

al e

xcep

tion

site

s sh

ould

not

be

detri

men

tal t

o th

e gr

een

wed

ges

betw

een

villa

ges.

Als

o af

ford

able

hou

sing

sho

uld

not o

verc

ome

the

need

for s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ents

.

Polic

y8

310

The

Agen

cy h

as n

o pa

rticu

lar c

omm

ent b

ut c

onsi

ders

that

the

prov

isio

n of

a m

ix o

f hou

sing

type

s, s

izes

and

tenu

res,

ca

n he

lp to

redu

ce th

e ne

ed to

trav

el b

y gi

ving

eve

ryon

e th

e op

portu

nity

to li

ve in

thei

r des

ired

loca

tion

whe

re th

ey c

an

acce

ss e

mpl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

via

sust

aina

ble

trans

port

mod

es.

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The

Cou

ncil

are

seek

ing

to c

reat

e su

stai

nabl

e co

mm

uniti

es b

y pr

ovid

ing

a m

ix a

nd b

alan

ce o

f goo

d qu

ality

hou

sing

of

all t

ypes

and

tenu

res.

The

dra

ft po

licy

reco

gnis

es th

at in

loca

tions

suc

h as

par

ts o

f Yar

m a

nd E

agle

sclif

fe, w

hich

are

ch

arac

teris

ed b

y m

atur

e dw

ellin

gs a

nd la

rge

gard

ens,

a d

ensi

ty o

f low

er th

an 3

0 dw

ellin

gs p

er h

ecta

re m

ay b

e ap

prop

riate

.

This

is c

onsi

dere

d eq

ually

app

licab

le to

Wyn

yard

whi

ch is

als

o an

exi

stin

g co

mm

unity

with

in S

tock

ton

and

has

the

cont

inue

d po

tent

ial t

o pr

ovid

e la

rger

dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

larg

e ga

rden

s to

mee

t the

def

ined

nee

d fo

r exe

cutiv

e an

d pr

estig

eho

usin

g.

Fina

lly w

hils

t we

note

that

the

requ

irem

ent f

or a

min

imum

of 1

5% a

fford

able

hou

sing

in s

ites

over

15

dwel

lings

in

appl

icab

le w

ithin

the

urba

n ar

eas,

if th

is p

olic

y ex

pand

s to

cov

er s

ites

out w

ith th

e ur

ban

area

s W

ynya

rd E

stat

es h

ave

conc

erns

ove

r the

robu

stne

ss o

f the

evi

denc

e ba

se.

Giv

en th

e sh

ortfa

ll is

und

erst

ood

to b

e in

the

regi

on o

f 40

units

pe

r ann

um, a

gain

st th

e em

ergi

ng re

quire

men

ts, t

his

does

not

repr

esen

t 15%

of t

he p

lann

ed o

utpu

t but

nea

rer 6

%

agai

nst t

he p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

to R

SS.

Cog

nisa

nt o

f the

ana

lysi

s co

ntai

ned

in th

e af

orem

entio

ned

sect

ion

bulle

t 3 o

f pol

icy

8 sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to s

tate

:

"Hou

sing

pro

posa

ls o

f 15

units

or m

ore

will

be re

quire

d to

pro

vide

an

appr

opria

te m

ix o

f hou

sing

on

the

site

, inc

ludi

ng

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng w

here

nec

essa

ry.

The

final

mix

will

be n

egot

iate

d w

ith th

e de

velo

per b

ased

on

loca

l hou

sing

nee

dsan

d as

pira

tions

iden

tifie

d in

an

up-to

-dat

e ho

usin

g m

arke

t ass

essm

ent".

This

will

ens

ure

the

polic

y is

robu

st (t

ees

viii)

yet

can

be

appl

ied

on a

flex

ible

bas

is (t

est i

x), s

ite b

y si

te a

nd a

rea

by

area

rath

er th

an a

bla

nket

pol

icy.

Polic

y8

367

Supp

ort t

he n

eed

for a

pol

icy

on a

fford

able

hou

sing

pro

visi

on w

ithin

the

Boro

ugh.

How

ever

an

accu

rate

requ

irem

ent

for t

he re

gion

can

onl

y be

pub

lishe

d on

ce th

e S

HLA

A is

com

plet

e.

Polic

y8

376

Con

side

r the

requ

irem

ent t

o m

eet a

min

imum

hou

sing

den

sity

of 3

0 dw

ellin

gs/h

a on

all

new

site

s, e

xcep

t in

parts

of

Yarm

and

Eag

lesc

liffe

whi

ch a

re c

hara

cter

ised

by

mat

ure

dwel

lings

in la

rge

gard

ens,

is n

o lo

nger

app

ropr

aite

or

supp

orte

d by

PP

S3

or R

SS.

Polic

y sh

ould

incl

ude

an a

ckno

wle

dgem

ent t

hat l

ower

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t may

als

o be

app

ropr

iate

in o

ther

loca

tions

in

the

Boro

ugh

as p

art o

f pro

posa

ls to

mee

t the

nee

d fo

r hig

h va

lue

low

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t and

impr

ove

the

rang

e of

m

ix o

f pro

perti

es.

Am

end

polic

y to

refle

ct p

arag

raph

s 46

-47

conc

erni

ng th

e ne

ed to

def

ine

loca

l den

sity

sta

ndar

ds.

It is

no

long

er a

ppro

pria

te to

rely

on

a bl

anke

t den

sity

of 3

0dph

.

In te

rms

of a

fford

able

hou

sing

it is

not

ed th

at th

e C

ounc

il is

see

king

15%

of a

ll ho

mes

on

site

s >1

5 un

its to

be

affo

rdab

le.

This

doe

s no

t ref

lect

the

requ

irem

ent i

n th

e H

ousi

ng A

sses

smen

t 200

6 w

hich

sta

tes

that

onl

y 40

affo

rdab

le

dwel

lings

per

yea

r is

requ

ired

until

201

2.

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The

Reg

iona

l Eco

nom

ic S

trate

gy/H

ousi

ng S

trate

gy/D

raft

RS

S a

nd R

egio

nal H

ousi

ng A

spira

tions

Stu

dy a

ll re

cogn

ise

that

the

curr

ent h

ousi

ng s

tock

in th

e no

rth e

ast i

s ac

ting

as a

bar

rier t

o ec

onom

ic g

row

th a

nd in

mig

ratio

n an

d th

at th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of a

sho

rtage

of m

id-m

arke

t and

exe

cutiv

e ho

usin

g re

info

rces

this

. A

spec

ific

refe

renc

e sh

ould

be

mad

e w

ithin

Pol

icy

8 to

the

need

to p

rovi

de h

ousi

ng a

t the

top

end

of th

e m

arke

d in

add

ition

to a

ddre

ssin

g th

e sh

orta

ge o

f af

ford

able

hou

sing

in th

e Bo

roug

h.

Polic

y8

389

Obj

ect t

o th

e re

fere

nce

in P

oint

3 o

f CS

8 th

at h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d ac

hiev

e a

min

imum

of 3

0 dw

ellin

gs p

er

hect

are

acro

ss th

e B

orou

gh e

xcep

t in

certa

in s

peci

fied

loca

tions

(Yar

m a

nd E

agle

sclif

fe).

Thi

s ap

proa

ch n

o lo

nger

co

mpl

ies

with

gui

danc

e in

PP

S3

(Par

a 45

/47)

whi

ch p

rom

otes

a m

ore

flexi

ble

appr

oach

to h

ousi

ng d

ensi

ties,

es

peci

ally

whe

re th

is w

ould

hel

p re

-bal

ance

the

hous

ing

stoc

k an

d co

rrec

t an

over

-rel

ianc

e of

terr

aces

and

sem

i de

tach

ed p

rope

rties

at m

ediu

m d

ensi

ties.

The

30d

ph fi

gure

s is

a n

atio

nal f

igur

e to

be

used

unt

il lo

cal d

ensi

ty p

olic

ies

are

in p

lace

.

Allo

catin

g si

tes

in th

e ad

join

ing

serv

ice

villa

ges

wou

ld p

rom

ote

a gr

eate

r ran

ge a

nd c

hoic

e of

hou

se ty

pes

and

dens

ities

. Th

e C

ore

Stra

tegy

nee

ds to

con

side

r and

spe

cify

wha

t wou

ld b

e ap

prop

riate

in in

divi

dual

circ

umst

ance

s.

The

HA5

site

in T

horp

e Th

ewle

s w

ould

, for

exa

mpl

e be

sui

tabl

e fir

a m

ix o

f pro

perty

type

s an

d de

nsiti

es in

clud

ing

low

er d

ensi

ty d

evel

opm

ent.

Obj

ect t

o th

e re

quire

men

t in

Sect

ion

4 of

Dra

ft Po

licy

CS

8 th

at th

ere

be a

min

imum

of 1

5% a

fford

able

hou

sing

on

site

s ov

er 1

5 dw

ellin

gs in

the

urba

n ar

ea.

Con

tent

with

pro

vidi

ng a

n el

emen

t of a

fford

able

hou

sing

but

this

mus

t be

base

d on

robu

st e

vide

nce.

The

2006

Hou

sing

Ass

essm

ent f

ound

that

ther

e w

as a

requ

irem

ent f

or o

nly

40 a

fford

able

dw

ellin

gs a

yea

r unt

il 20

12.

Obj

ect s

trong

ly to

Sec

tion

7 of

Dra

ft Po

licy

CS

8 on

the

follo

win

g gr

ound

s:

- Th

e re

fere

nce

to 2

and

3 b

ed s

emi d

etac

hed

prop

ertie

s in

crit

erio

n 1

is to

o sp

ecifi

c as

this

cou

ld c

hang

e ov

er ti

me.

It

is n

ot a

ccep

tabl

e to

just

sta

te th

at th

is w

ill be

add

ress

ed th

roug

h an

SP

D.

Polic

y C

S8 n

eeds

to b

e re

wor

ded

to a

llow

fo

r fle

xibi

lity

in h

ousi

ng n

eeds

in th

e fu

ture

and

sho

uld

refe

r to

the

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng m

ix b

eing

bas

ed o

n th

e H

MA,

w

hich

itse

lf sh

ould

be

annu

ally

upd

ated

.

-The

em

phas

is g

iven

to s

ocia

l ren

ted

acco

mm

odat

ion

in c

riter

ion

2 is

too

vagu

e. N

eed

to s

eek

to q

uant

ify th

e pr

opor

tions

of a

fford

able

hou

sing

to b

e pr

ovid

ed th

roug

h so

cial

rent

ed, s

hare

d eq

uity

etc

, as

requ

ired

by P

PS3

(Par

a29)

onc

e it

has

the

evid

ence

bas

e to

do

this

and

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith h

ouse

bui

lder

s.

-The

sug

gest

ion

in c

riter

ion

3 th

at th

e co

unci

l will

give

prio

rity

to la

nd in

its

owne

rshi

p to

mee

t hou

sing

nee

ds is

who

lly

inap

prop

riate

in a

pla

nnin

g do

cum

ent a

nd m

ust b

e de

lete

d.

PPS

3 (P

ara2

2) s

tate

s th

at L

DD

s sh

ould

set

out

the

prop

ortio

n of

hou

seho

lds

requ

iring

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng.

This

rela

tes

to th

e nu

mbe

r of u

nits

on

a si

te n

ot th

e gr

oss

deve

lopa

ble

area

. D

raft

Pol

icy

CS

8 sh

ould

be

rew

orde

d ac

cord

ingl

y.

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Allo

catin

g si

tes

for h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent i

n or

adj

acen

t to

serv

ice

villa

ges

such

as

Long

New

ton

wou

ld p

rom

ote

a gr

eate

r mix

of h

ousi

ng in

the

Bor

ough

. D

evel

opm

ent o

n th

e si

tes

Nor

th o

f Whi

te H

ouse

Far

m a

nd a

t Mou

nt P

leas

ant,

low

er d

ensi

ty h

ousi

ng, a

s w

ell a

s si

gnifi

cant

ele

men

t of r

ural

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

acc

orda

nce

with

PP

S7.

Polic

y8

477

The

polic

y pr

opos

es to

pro

vide

a m

ix o

f hou

sing

type

s an

d te

nure

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

findi

ngs

of th

e st

rate

gic

hous

ing

mar

ket a

sses

smen

t. T

his

incl

udes

the

prov

isio

n of

15

perc

ent a

fford

able

hou

sing

on

all s

ites

over

15

dwel

lings

. Th

is a

ppro

ach

is c

onsi

sten

t with

RP

G p

olic

y H

7 an

d R

SS p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

polic

y 32

.

Polic

y9

191

In re

spec

t to

prov

isio

n fo

r gyp

sies

and

trav

elle

rs, b

elie

ve it

als

o to

be

impo

rtant

for i

t to

be s

ensi

tive

to th

e se

tting

of

impo

rtant

her

itage

ass

ets

- tho

se w

here

the

poss

ible

har

m to

cul

tura

l ass

ets

coul

d ad

vers

ely

impa

ct u

pon

soci

al

rege

nera

tion

and

tour

ism

.

Polic

y9

257

Rem

ove

refe

renc

e to

site

s be

ing

loca

ted

with

in d

evel

opm

ent l

imits

and

on

tradi

tiona

l sto

ppin

g po

ints

for g

ypsi

es a

nd

trave

llers

. Rem

ove

refe

renc

e to

exc

ludi

ng p

ropo

sed

site

s fro

m th

e gr

een

wed

ge. T

here

is n

o ba

sis

for t

his

rest

rictio

n -

see

Circ

1/2

006.

Polic

y9

3Su

ppor

t for

saf

e gu

ardi

ng e

xist

ing

Gyp

sy a

nd T

rave

ller S

ite.

Polic

y9

311

gene

rally

sup

porti

ve o

f thi

s po

licy,

par

ticul

arly

with

rega

rds

to lo

catin

g gy

psy

and

trave

ller s

ites

whe

re th

ey a

re

acce

ssib

le to

ser

vice

s, fa

cilit

ies

and

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

prov

ided

that

suc

h a

site

doe

s no

t hav

e an

y de

trim

enta

l im

pact

up

on th

e S

RN

.

Polic

y9

368

Supp

ort t

he C

ounc

ils o

bjec

tives

of t

his

polic

y.

Polic

y9

4Po

licy

9 sh

ould

be

amen

ded

to re

flect

nee

d to

mee

t une

xpec

ted

dem

and.

Polic

y9

478

CS

9 is

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e R

SS

prop

osed

cha

nges

pol

icy

32.

Polic

y9

5C

riter

ia s

houl

d be

am

ende

d to

refle

ct fu

lly c

ircul

ar 1

/200

6

Polic

y9

6Lo

cal L

ands

cape

and

Nat

ure

Con

serv

atio

n de

sign

atio

ns s

houl

d no

t be

used

in th

emse

lves

to re

fuse

pla

nnin

g pe

rmis

sion

.

Polic

y9

7Bo

roug

h sh

ould

brin

g fo

rwar

d a

DP

D to

allo

cate

site

s fo

r Gyp

sies

and

Tra

velle

rs.

Polic

y9

8Po

licy

shou

ld ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of s

epar

ate

site

s fo

r res

iden

tial a

nd b

usin

ess

use

if m

ixed

site

s ar

e no

t pra

ctic

al.

Visi

on11

0Su

ppor

t the

gen

eral

aim

s an

d ob

ject

ives

of t

he d

ocum

ent.

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e St

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omm

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men

t Sum

mar

y

Visi

on15

0Th

e m

ajor

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort s

chem

e re

ferr

ed to

in th

e se

ctio

n is

ass

ocia

ted

with

a ra

nge

of s

peci

fic im

prov

emen

ts.

How

ever

Par

k an

d R

ide

is n

ot m

entio

ned,

eve

n th

ough

it is

a fu

ndam

enta

l req

uire

men

t of i

mpr

oved

acc

essi

bilit

y to

pu

blic

tran

spor

t.

Visi

on16

8D

oes

not m

entio

n le

isur

e an

d re

crea

tion

activ

ities

and

ther

e is

no

indi

catio

n th

at th

ey w

ill b

e th

e su

bjec

t of s

epar

ate

docu

men

ts w

ithin

the

D.P

Fol

der.

Suc

h ac

tiviti

es a

re a

vita

l com

pone

nt o

f the

hea

lth a

nd w

ell b

eing

age

nda.

Fu

rther

mor

e, m

any

Brow

nfie

ld a

nd c

onta

min

ated

site

s ca

n of

ten

only

be

rem

edia

ted

with

a le

isur

e/re

crea

tiona

l end

us

e an

d th

ey c

an th

eref

ore

be a

use

ful t

ool f

or s

ite re

med

iatio

n.

Visi

on23

0Th

ere

need

s to

be

a w

ider

rang

e an

d ch

oice

of p

oten

tial h

ousi

ng s

ites

thro

ugho

ut th

e B

orou

gh, a

nd n

ot ju

st p

rom

ote

site

s in

the

Cor

e A

rea.

Visi

on26

0Fi

nd th

e do

cum

ent t

o be

con

stru

ctiv

e an

d po

sitiv

e. A

ppro

ve a

nd s

uppo

rt th

e pr

opos

als

to c

reat

e a

Gre

en B

lue

Hea

rt.

Visi

on26

43.

4. T

he d

iver

sity

, qua

lity

and

char

acte

r of t

he n

atur

al a

nd b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent,

toge

ther

with

the

Bor

ough

s un

ique

hi

stor

ic a

sset

s, a

re v

alue

d, p

rote

cted

, enh

ance

d an

d ca

pita

lised

on

for t

he b

enef

its o

f eve

ryon

e".

Als

o, H

ousi

ng M

ix

page

51,

3 D

ensi

ty.

Visi

on26

5St

rong

ly s

uppo

rt th

e ac

know

ledg

emen

t tha

t in

othe

r loc

atio

ns s

uch

as p

arts

of Y

arm

and

Eag

lesc

liffe

whi

ch a

re

char

acte

rised

my

mat

ure

dwel

lings

and

larg

e ga

rden

s, a

den

sity

low

er th

an 3

0 dw

ellin

gs p

er h

ecta

re m

ay b

e ap

prop

riate

.

Visi

on27

0Su

ppor

t the

stra

tegy

, in

parti

cula

r its

em

phas

is o

n th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

the

urba

n co

re.

Mid

dles

brou

gh C

ounc

il w

elco

me

the

docu

men

ts re

cogn

ition

of t

he S

tock

ton-

Mid

dles

brou

gh In

itiat

ive

as b

eing

of k

ey s

igni

fican

ce to

the

futu

re s

ucce

ss

in th

e Te

es V

alle

y ci

ty re

gion

. Si

mila

rly, t

he c

ounc

il is

ple

ased

to n

ote

Stoc

kton

Bor

ough

Cou

ncils

ack

now

ledg

emen

t of

the

impo

rtanc

e of

mai

ntai

ning

and

dev

elop

ing

links

with

Mid

dles

brou

gh, a

nd th

e po

tent

ial b

enef

its o

f wor

king

in

partn

ersh

ip.

Visi

on29

6W

elco

me

the

incr

easi

ng e

mph

asis

on

the

Tees

are

as b

ackb

one

with

the

Gre

en B

lue

Hea

rt at

its

cent

re -

also

the

man

ner i

n w

hich

the

aim

s ar

e se

en a

s an

inte

gral

par

t of t

he T

ees

Valle

y am

bitio

ns.

We

wer

e al

so d

elig

hted

to s

ee a

nu

mbe

r of r

efer

ence

s to

the

Tees

Her

itage

Par

k in

the

stra

tegy

. H

owev

er I

was

per

sona

lly d

isap

poin

ted

with

the

Visi

on s

tate

men

t, w

hich

sai

d al

l the

righ

t thi

ngs

with

out a

cle

ar m

essa

ge.

Visi

on29

7Th

e LD

F is

a g

reat

opp

ortu

nity

to re

-bra

nd th

e to

wn

in th

e Te

es V

alle

y co

ntex

t and

ther

e sh

ould

be

a st

rong

them

e w

hich

runs

thro

ugh

ever

ythi

ng.

Visi

on29

8Th

e Ag

ency

has

no

parti

cula

r com

men

t reg

ardi

ng th

e vi

sion

, but

gen

eral

ly w

elco

mes

the

refe

renc

e to

pro

vidi

ng w

orld

cl

ass

inte

grat

ed tr

ansp

ort s

yste

ms.

Visi

on33

Shou

ld m

ake

refe

renc

e to

the

need

to e

ncou

rage

wal

king

and

cyc

ling.

Visi

on34

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t - th

is s

houl

d al

so e

mbr

ace

clim

ate

chan

ge is

sues

.

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on37

7R

edca

r and

Cle

vela

nd B

orou

gh C

ounc

il ge

nera

lly s

uppo

rts th

e pr

efer

red

optio

ns fo

r the

Cor

e St

rate

gy.

Visi

on38

0R

esid

ents

of T

horp

e Th

ewle

s ha

ve m

ade

it cl

ear v

ia 1

44 re

spon

ses

to th

e do

cum

ent t

hat t

hey

wou

ld s

trong

ly re

sist

de

velo

pmen

t on

the

site

s H

A4

and

HA

5. T

he p

aris

h C

ounc

il su

ppor

ts th

em in

this

.

Grin

don

Paris

h C

ounc

il w

ishe

s to

pla

ce o

n re

cord

that

it w

ould

obj

ect t

o de

velo

pmen

t on

the

site

MU

1 in

Wyn

yard

.

Supp

ort r

esid

ents

of t

he w

ard

in a

ny a

ttem

pt to

ext

end

the

plan

ning

env

elop

es o

f bot

h Th

orpe

The

wle

s an

d W

ynya

rd.

Wis

h to

dra

w a

ttent

ion

to th

e fa

ct th

at o

n pg

. 54

ther

e is

no

men

tion

amon

gst t

he v

illage

s of

Wyn

yard

. Th

is s

houl

d be

re

ctifi

ed.

Visi

on38

4Su

ppor

t the

Vis

ion

for S

tock

ton

how

ever

exp

ress

con

cern

that

it m

ay b

e di

fficu

lt to

del

iver

this

Vis

ion

if th

e LD

F do

es

not p

rovi

de o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

resi

dent

s to

mee

t the

ir ho

usin

g as

pira

tion

with

in th

e B

orou

gh.

Supp

ort t

he re

gene

ratio

n of

the

urba

n co

re b

ut c

onsi

der t

here

is a

nee

d to

allo

cate

and

del

iver

a w

ider

rang

e an

d ch

oice

of h

ousi

ng.

Incl

udin

g si

tes

in s

ervi

ced

villa

ges.

Visi

on38

8Su

ppor

t bul

let p

oint

to "i

mpr

ove

the

leis

ure,

spo

rt, re

crea

tion

and

cultu

re o

ffer o

f the

are

a" a

s a

cultu

ral a

ctiv

ity b

rings

ec

onom

ic b

enef

its b

y pr

ovid

ing

empl

oym

ent a

nd g

ener

atin

g th

e vi

sito

r eco

nom

y.

Visi

on38

9C

ultu

ral f

acilit

ies

shou

ld b

e se

en a

s an

ess

entia

l pre

requ

isite

for a

hea

lthy

popu

latio

n, ra

ther

than

an

addi

tiona

l co

mpo

nent

of l

ife.

Visi

on39

6Br

itish

Wat

erw

ays

supp

ort t

he s

patia

l vis

ion

inco

rpor

atin

g O

ptio

n 1.

Visi

on40

5Su

ppor

t the

Vis

ion

for S

tock

ton

how

ever

exp

ress

con

cern

that

it m

ay b

e di

fficu

lt to

del

iver

this

Vis

ion

if LD

F do

es n

ot

prov

ide

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

resi

dent

s to

mee

t the

ir ho

usin

g as

pira

tion

with

in th

e B

orou

gh.

Supp

ort t

he re

gene

ratio

n of

the

urba

n co

re a

nd c

onsi

der t

here

is a

nee

d to

allo

cate

and

del

iver

a w

ider

rang

e an

d ch

oice

of h

ousi

ng.

Incl

udin

g si

tes

in s

ervi

ced

villa

ges.

Visi

on42

6Th

ere

shou

ld b

e no

hou

sing

in th

is a

rea

but t

he a

rea

shou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

into

an

acce

ssib

le n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rote

ct a

gre

en w

edge

bet

wee

n St

ockt

on a

nd M

iddl

esbr

ough

. Th

is w

ould

pro

vide

a c

ontra

st in

the

Tees

cor

rido r

rath

er th

an c

ontin

ues

built

up

corr

idor

from

Bow

esfie

ld to

the

mou

th o

f the

Tee

s.

Visi

on42

72.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

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on42

82.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on42

92.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

02.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

12.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

22.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

32.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

42.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

52.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

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omm

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on43

62.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

ng in

this

are

a. S

houl

d be

a n

atur

e re

serv

e. T

his

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

con

trast

in th

e te

es

corr

idor

. R

athe

r tha

n a

cont

inuo

us b

uilt

up c

orrid

or fr

om B

owes

field

to th

e m

outh

of t

he T

ees.

Visi

on43

72.

5 R

efer

ence

to th

e G

reen

Blu

e H

eart.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

no h

ousi

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Appendix 4 – Advertisement of the Core Strategy.

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Appendix 5 –Consultation Launch of the Core Strategy and Regeneration DPDs.

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