Major Modifications 2

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Appendix D - new inset boundary for Dissington Garden Village:

Morpeth Employment Land Allocations

There are amendments to the Morpeth Green Belt inset boundary to reflect the changes proposed to the employment site allocations and safeguarded land to the north of Lancaster Park and south of Coopies Lane, Morpeth and also to take account of the current planning status of the land adjacent to the A1/Morpeth Northern Bypass.

Amended Figure 7.5: Morpeth Green Belt boundary:

Ponteland SPD

The re-draft of the supplementary planning document for land at South East Ponteland is available in the 'Further Major Modifications' Documents section on this webpage.

To view the SPD consultation document and submit comments online, go to the Consultation Portal.

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Purpose and Scope

It is a formal, statutory stage in the production of the Core Strategy, as set out in Regulations.

The ‘major modifications’ stage is a formal statutory stage and signifies levels of change that require further consultation.

People will be able to comment on its soundness during the six week consultation.

Alongside the major modifications there are also some minor modifications, primarily to the wording of the document.

These will be available to view but can’t be commented on as part of the consultation.

Comments can be made on the major modifications only and not the whole of the Core Strategy document.

For this stage responses must be based around the 'Tests of Soundness' that require the Core Strategy to be ‘Positively Prepared’, 'Justified', 'Effective' and consistent with national policy.

To be positively prepared, the Core Strategy must be:

• Prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements; and

• Consistent with achieving sustainable development.

To be justified, the Core Strategy must be:

• Founded on a robust and credible evidence base; and

• The most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives.

To be effective, the Core Strategy must be:

• Deliverable;

• Flexible;

• Based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities; and

• Able to be monitored.

To be consistent with national policy, the Core Strategy must:

• Accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and other national planning policies

To view the consultation document and submit comments online, go to the Consultation Portal.

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'Further Major Modifications' Documents

A copy of the modifications can be read at the agenda for the October 25th meeting of the Economic Growth and Strategic Transport Overview and Scrutiny committee.

The same documents were attached to the agenda for the November 2nd meeting of Cabinet.

The consultation document should have many supporting documents - we will posted here what we think are the most relevant ones.

The SHLAA and the Five Year Supply of Deliverable Housing Sites reports are not considered essential evidence for the Further Major Modifications consultation.

The SHLAA has not been updated - an update will be undertaken in advance of the submission of the Core Strategy for independent examination in 2017.

The 2016-2021 Five Year Housing Supply report has now been published - see below.

It shows 6.3 years cover for Northumberland and 8.2 years cover for the Central Area that contains Longhorsley.

It details the large deliverable sites - previous reports have also detailed the small sites.

The Longhorsley Parish Council leaflet summarising this consultation is available to view here.

Since there is nothing open for consultation that affects Longhorsley we will not be distributing this leaflet as a supplement to the newsletter.

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