To designate Middleton St George Neighbourhood
Area for the purpose of Neighbourhood Planning.
Parish boundaries are historic and not developed with Neighbourhood
Planning in mind. However, legislation and regulations encourage
and seek to expedite neighbourhood planning in Parish areas.
The Neighbourhood Area consists of the Middleton St George Parish
area but excluding land at Durham Tees Valley Airport. The airport
is regarded as a strategic transport infrastructure of sub-regional
significant to the Tees Valley. The purpose of neighbourhood
planning is intended to serve local issues and therefore it is
considered inappropriate that decisions of sub-regional importance
be dealt with through the Neighbourhood Plan process. It is
therefore considered appropriate that the airport has been excluded
from the area proposed.
The proposed area is relatively small in comparison to
neighbourhood areas elsewhere, however the Parish Council has not
sought to designate a large area in collaboration with neighbouring
parishes. There are no known planning or cross boundary issues
which would require a larger area to be designated. Officers
consider that it would be appropriate to designate the area as a
Neighbourhood Area.