The Gateshead Plan
Start of the Conversation: the Gateshead Plan
We are at the beginning of preparing our new local plan. We wanted to start the conversation with you to know if we got it right in terms of the issues we need to address.
We consulted on the Start of the Conversation: the Gateshead Plan (PDF, 5 MB)(opens new window) from 6 November 2023 to 12 January 2024.
Thank you for your responses to the consultation.
A consultation feedback report (PDF, 2 MB)(opens new window) has now been prepared which summarises the key messages from this consultation.
Next steps
Building on the success of the joint Core Strategy and Urban Core Plan, we will be working together with Newcastle City Council to prepare a new joint local plan. Joint working will help us to share knowledge and expertise as we develop a new plan for our area, and support the government's ambition to bring forward partnership working between Local Planning Authorities and Combined Authorities.
Your responses to the Start of the Conversation consultation will be used to shape the next local plan for Gateshead and Newcastle. We will work with Newcastle City Council to prepare a spatial vision and joint ambitions for consultation in 2025.
If you would like to be kept informed of future consultation, please contact us at ldf@gateshead.gov.uk
Our current local plan - The Core Strategy and Urban Core Plan (Parts 1 and 2) and Making Spaces for Growing Places (Part 3) still form Gateshead's adopted local plan until the new local plan is adopted.
Call for Sites
We have also carried out a Call for Sites to inform and support development of the Gateshead Plan. This has been an opportunity for anyone (including residents, landowners, agents, and developers) to tell us their views on the future use of land and buildings in the Borough.
This process will ensure that the Council has up-to-date evidence of the availability and potential development sites across the borough.
Sites submitted in the call for sites (2022-24) have been considered and we have reached conclusions based on planning policy and the locations and characteristics of the sites, including specialist input on issues such as flood risk, ecology, ground conditions, road access and other issues.
View the sites and the conclusions (opens new window)
These conclusions do not necessarily mean that the sites in question will, or will not, be proposed for development in the new Local Plan. There would be further detailed work and public consultation before any sites are proposed for development.