Walker Riverside Area Action Plan

Adoption of Area Action Plan

Newcastle City Council adopted the Walker Riverside Area Action Plan (WRAAP) on 4 April 2007 as a Development Plan Document, forming part of the Local Development Framework for Newcastle. The Plan, appendices and a copy of the adoption statement are available to download below.

Adoption Statement (PDF, 44 KB)
Walker Riverside Area Action Plan (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Walker Riverside Area Action Plan Appendices (PDF, 3.7 MB)
Walker Riverside Area Action Plan - Proposals Map (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Inspector's report

The formal notification of closure of the examination and a copy of the Planning Inspector's report are available to download below.

Formal Notification of Closure (PDF, 108 KB)
Planning Inspector's Report (PDF, 169 KB)

Examination - public hearings 31 Jan to 1 Feb 2007

Mr Anthony Thickett of the Planning Inspectorate was appointed to carry out the examination of WRAAP. A Pre-examination Meeting was held on 22 November 2006 to discuss the agenda for the public hearings. The public hearings were held on 31 January and 1 February 2007.

You can download here the agenda for the public hearings, covering the issues that were discussed, together with a list of documents relevant to the examination.

Agenda (PDF, 11.3 KB)
Core Documents (PDF, 19.3 KB)

Site allocation representations

Six representations on the submission draft Plan proposed changes to site allocations. A further six week consultation period was required by 'Regualtion 32' to give people and organisations the opportunity to comment. Three furhter representations were received as a result - from Northumberland County Council, English Heritage and the Places for People Group. They are available to download below.

Notice under Regulation 32 re site allocation representations (34 KB, Word)
English Heritage Response (PDF, 38KB)
Northumberland County Council Response (PDF, 48KB)
Places for People Response (PDF, 35KB)

Representations on submitted Plan

Representations were made by 56 people or organisations and these are available here:

Submission Representations 1 to 15 (PDF, 6.4 MB)
Submission Representations 16 to 34 (PDF, 5.3 MB)
Submission Representations 35 to 56 (PDF, 6.5 MB)

The City Council prepared a summary of these representations and offered a response to each. This summary was used during the public hearings in support the Council's presentations.

Representations on submission draft (MS Excel, 80 KB)

Submission of draft AAP

The City Council submitted its draft Area Action Plan for the Walker Riverside in July 2006. Listed below are a number of documents relating to the Action Plan submission, including a copy of the plan itself, the Walker Riverside Sustainability report, a Statement of Community Consultation and and Statement of DPD matters.

Walker Riverside Area Action Plan and Appendices as submitted

Notification of Proposals Map Error

There was an error on the Proposals Map of the submitted Walker Riverside Draft Area Action Plan, which did not highlight the 'Lamb Street' site listed in the schedule of housing sites (policy HP1) in brown as it should have. The site did, however, have an arrow identifying it as the Lamb Street site. See the image below for details of the change that the planning authority requested the Inspector to make.

Change to Map (PDF, 2.3MB)

Background Documents

List of Properties to be demolished (31.9KB, PDF)
Final Sustainability appraisal - May 2006 (1.8 MB, PDF)
Walker Open Space Needs Assessment - Part 1 and Part 2 (Due to the size this file it is not posted here, but please contact us for a free copy)
Statement of Development Plan Document Matters (21 KB, PDF)
Rationale Supporting Proposed location of new Primary Schools (43 KB, PDF)
Case for Change Document (PDF 6.3 MB)
Community Enquiry Book of Plans 2004 (Due to the size this file it is not posted here, but please contact us for a free copy)
Community Enquiry Final Report 2005 (PDF 974 KB)
Draft Walker Riverside Masterplan 2004 (Due to the size this file it is not posted here, but please contact us for a free copy)
Newcastle City-wide Going For Growth Plan 2000 (PDF 100 KB)
Newcastle East End Housing Market Development Pathfinder, Draft 2003 (PDF 4.3 MB)
HMR Indicative Funding Bid 2005 (PDF 723 KB)
Statement of Community Involvement Document (PDF 389 KB)
Walker Riverside Options Sustainability Appraisal Report (PDF 6.2 MB)
Regeneration Plan East End Going for Growth 2002 (PDF 4.8 MB)
Walker Riverside Promise (PDF 298KB)
Feasibility Study for the Industrial Area - Part 1 (PDF 5 MB)
Feasibility Study for the Industr ial Area - Part 2 (PDF 2 MB)
Feasibility Study for the Industrial Area - Part 3 (PDF 8.8 MB)
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (PDF 1.2 MB)

Committee Papers

Executive, 21.07.04: Report: 6(d)Walker Riverside Regeneration – Places for People Masterplan Proposals
Executive, 18.08.04: Report: 4(a) Walker Riverside Regeneration - Places For People Masterplan Proposals
Executive, 17.11.04: Report: 7d - Walker Riverside Regeneration
Executive, 29.07.05: Report: 4a - Walker Riverside- Draft Options Report and Walker Riverside Promise
Planning and Transportation Strategy Committee Report 15/12/05 - Proposed Walker Riverside Area Action Plan - Consultation feedback report
Executive 18/01/06 Walker Riverside Regeneration: Proposals for Pottery Bank South and Caldbeck Close
Full Council 05/07/06 Walker Riverside Draft Area Action Plan

Walker Riverside Decisions - POR

Walker Riverside Decisions set out different development and regeneration options which could happen over the next fifteen years in the Walker Riverside Area. The statutory consultation period on the Preferred Options Report ran from 1 September 2005 until 12 October 2005 and is now closed.

Responses to Your Comments

Please view the summaries of comments on the Walker Riverside Preferred Options Report below:

Part 1 Consultation Feedback Report (PDF 79.9KB)
Part 2 Consultation Feedback Report (PDF 561.6KB)

Newcastle City Council prepared informal responses to all issues raised during the consultation. There were four main areas of response:

- letter and email responses
- focus group responses
- outreach session responses
- responses to comments made on reply forms

Attached below is a copy of the information that has been sent out to the above groups. Responses were only sent to those using reply forms where they ticked the box indicating that they would like to receive further updates.

Reply form response letter (PDF 41.4KB)
List of Draft Policy Detail (PDF 64KB)
Sustainable Neighbourhood Statement (PDF 84.1KB)
Walker Eye Extra (PDF 824.6KB)