1.0 DCPLUS 20191016 07265000 20230612 07265000 https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/e6189ec4fe9b4d05af8e10b2ab647e16/info/thumbnail/thumbnail1777482915819.png https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e6189ec4fe9b4d05af8e10b2ab647e16 e6189ec4fe9b4d05af8e10b2ab647e16 Feature Service https://services2.arcgis.com/LrUbY6lLLgV3tEa5/arcgis/rest/services/Core_Strategy_Delivery_Areas/FeatureServer Local Plan Delivery Areas 2019-10-16T07:26:50 2023-06-12T14:02:34 NorthumberlandLocal Plan Strategic Delivery Areas for the Local Plan - mainly for monitoring purposes -2.7007289756031594 -1.4485456383333346 55.81166107023832 54.78065270528316 1 <p>Northumberland is large and diverse and different parts of the County have distinct characteristics, functions and needs.</p><p>The four Delivery Areas:</p><ul><li>Are defined in terms of their social, economic, and cultural characteristics;</li><li>Take account of the roles and relationship between towns and villages across Northumberland; and</li><li>Take account of the interaction of places with adjoining areas, particularly Tyneside and Scotland.</li></ul><p>Defining Delivery Areas has helped the Council to:</p><ul><li>Better distribute, and in future to monitor, the delivery of development according to local needs;</li><li>Define the scale and function of individual Main Towns and Service Centres' capacity to accommodate additional development; and</li><li>Explain the functional relationships between settlements and connections with their hinterlands.</li></ul><p>The remainder of this section provides some context to each of the areas of Northumberland</p><h4>South East Northumberland Delivery Area</h4><p>The South East Northumberland Delivery Area extends inland from the coast, from its southern boundary with North Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne, to Amble in the north. The Area includes:</p><ul><li>The Main Towns of Amble, Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth and Cramlington;</li><li>The Service Centres of Guidepost/Stakeford/Choppington, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Seaton Delaval/Holywell; and</li><li>Some other sizeable villages including Ellington, Lynemouth, Hadston/South Broomhill/Red Row, New Hartley, Seaton Sluice/Old Hartley, Seghill and Widdrington Station, as well as numerous smaller villages.</li></ul><p>The Green Belt extends across parts of the area to prevent coalescence with the Tyneside conurbation to the south. There are important green infrastructure links along the coast, many of which are protected by nature conservation designations. The landscape of the area was historically dominated by coal mining. While examples of this mining heritage are retained, notably at Woodhorn, the majority of mining sites in the area have now been restored and provide important ecological and recreational resources. Surface coal mining is still present and makes a valuable contribution to the local economy. There is one coal producing site at Shotton, which overlaps into the Central Delivery Area. A further site, at Ferneybeds near Widdrington Station, has been granted planning permission but has yet to commence. Potland Burn and Butterwell are currently being restored and former workings at Steadsburn and Stobswood are now largely restored.</p><h4>Central Northumberland Delivery Area</h4><p>Central Northumberland Delivery Area extends north and west from the boundary with Tyne and Wear. The area includes:</p><ul><li>The Main Towns of Hexham, Morpeth, Ponteland and Prudhoe;</li><li>The Service Centre of Corbridge; and</li><li>Numerous villages of varying sizes and functions, including some sizeable commuter villages, such as Stocksfield and Stannington, as well as many smaller rural settlements.</li></ul><p>Much of the area is covered by Green Belt to protect the countryside from encroachment from the Tyne and Wear conurbation. The south-west of the area includes part of the North Pennines AONB.</p><h4>North Northumberland Delivery Area</h4><p>The North Northumberland Delivery Area is bounded to the north by the Scottish Border, to the west by the Cheviot Hills of the Northumberland National Park and to the south by the Simonside Hills and the Coquet Valley. The coast, which is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty forms the eastern boundary. The delivery area includes:</p><ul><li>The Main Towns of Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed;</li><li>The Service Centres of Belford, Rothbury, Seahouses and Wooler; and</li><li>Numerous villages along the coastal strip including large villages such as Warkworth and Longhoughton, as well as settlements lying further inland.</li></ul><h4>West Northumberland Delivery Area</h4><p>The West Northumberland Delivery Area straddles the southern part of the Northumberland National Park. It includes the Kielder area to the north-west of the National Park, the North Tyne Valley, the South Tyne Valley and parts of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site and the North Pennines AONB. The Delivery Area includes:</p><ul><li>The Main Town of Haltwhistle; and</li><li>The Service Centres of Haydon Bridge, Allendale and Bellingham; and</li><li>Numerous small settlements, which are scattered throughout the Delivery Area.</li></ul>Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.<div><img src='https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/images/infoman/uk-gov-licence-large-banner.jpg' alt='Open Government Licence logo' /></div><p>Contains public sector information licensed under the&nbsp;<a target='_blank' href='https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Open Government Licence v3.0</a>.</p> 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