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Search the Public Notice PortalA neighbourhood plan agreed following a referendum of Guisborough residents will provide planning protections for the town, a councillor says.
The plan, drawn up by Guisborough Town Council, was put to a local vote last week with 2,850 people voting in favour and 155 against.
Neighbourhood plans were introduced under the 2011 Localism Act in an attempt to give local communities influence over built and natural environments and carry legal weight.
Belmont ward councillor Carolyn Curr, who leads the Conservative group on Redcar and Cleveland Council, said it was an “overwhelming vote in favour” and the plan would have to be taken into account by the borough council when planning decisions were being made.
Turnout was just over 20 per cent which Cllr Curr said compared favourably with other similar referendums.
She said statutory protection would be provided for 15 identified designated green spaces in Guisborough.
One of Cllr Curr’s predecessors, however, former councillor Anne Watts – an independent who lost her seat on Redcar and Cleveland Council following elections in 2023 – claimed that the plan was outdated, contained errors and made no mention of sewage capacity for future developments, which she said was the “main issue” in the town.
She suggested that consultation over the plan “went below most people’s radar” and pointed out a relatively low number of responses that were received. Ms Watts said: “It in no way represents the views of the majority of residents in Guisborough.”
New housing developments proposed in recent years in Guisborough have met with frequent opposition from existing residents concerned about the impact on the historic market town and the swallowing up of green spaces.
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However, figures contained in an annual monitoring report for 2024/25 previously published by Redcar and Cleveland Council show that the majority of new developments in the borough continue to take place in urban and coastal areas.
This category accounted for 83 per cent of completed new build housing over the 12 month period, while Guisborough and other designated rural areas in East Cleveland accounted for 17 per cent.
Mandatory housing targets imposed on local planning authorities by the Government as part of national planning reforms mean there is now a requirement for more than 600 new homes to be built in Redcar and Cleveland annually, a huge increase on the previous designated figure of 234.
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