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A planning application has been submitted to South Tyneside Council for a 30 metre high telecommunications mast to be located in the field to the east of Cleadon Lane industrial estate. This is a replacement for the mast currently located within the industrial estate, which will be displaced by the proposed housing development. The proposed location is sited within the green belt and will make the mast much more prominent than the current mast.

South Tyneside Council are undertaking a community consultation on the use of open spaces (including beaches) across the borough. The consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 4 November.

The Forum has applied to South Tyneside Council so that it can continue to be recognised as a formal body representing residents particularly when dealing with the Local Plan and other planning applications.
Why?
Neighbourhood forum designations only last for 5 years and East Boldon Forum was initially designated in January 2018 so will cease to be recognised by the council unless the re-designation application is approved.

Nominate your favourite buildings and sites for our ‘Local List’. Closing date: June 15th 2022.

Communities across Gateshead, Newcastle and South Tyneside are invited to nominate locally important sites for a new Local Heritage List. The three councils are working together to update their Local Lists of buildings, structures and places that are recognised as being important heritage assets, even if they don’t meet the criteria for national listing by Historic England. Assets included in a Local List are given special consideration in the planning process.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Council’s consultation on the “Submission Draft” of our plan. More details are available here but that’s not all that’s been happening!

In order to provide additional protection for Boldon Flats and in response to concerns raised by Cleadon and East Boldon residents, the Forum has asked the Council consider giving the Flats extra protection by designating them as a Local Nature Reserve.

In the first test of our Neighbourhood Plan, Lichfieds, acting on behalf of Avant Homes have submitted a planning application to build 245 houses on Cleadon Lane Industrial Estate.

Following members’ concerns, the Forum’s Secretary has written to the developer to raise a number of important issues. He has also asked for a face to face meeting with to seek clarity over the proposal and to put the Forum’s concerns in person.

The Examiner has completed her analysis of our plan, please read her comments. We are broadly happy with the outcome, the Examiner has upheld the proposed Settlement Boundary but has unfortunately removed two of our proposed policies.