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<\/b><\/p>\nWhat is the Durham Plan?<\/h2>\n
Last year Durham County Council invited landowners and businesses to submit expressions of interest to develop land. These developments were
subdivided into land for housing developments and land that would be appropriate for mineral extraction or waste management. Please look at the maps opposite:<\/p>\n
Map A<\/b> shows the proposed site of two large housing developments in Bishop
Middleham.<\/p>\n
Map B<\/b> shows the proposed site of\u00a0mineral extraction or waste management which is currently operating as Farnless Farm.<\/p>\n
As part of the Durham Plan initiative the residents of the county have been asked to contribute their views on the plan.<\/p>\n
Importantly there are opportunities for you to say where you would wish future developments to be sited; either around existing towns and regenerating existing urbanareas, or by developing agricultural farmland such as that around our village. The developments suggested above could change the nature of Bishop Middleham and perhaps swell the population by over a third.<\/p>\n
The plan will be revealed in April next year and it is important that as many of the village take part in the consultation before the process of planning applications begins.<\/p>\n
The survey is not a response to a planning application (at this stage) but many of the issues that arise in a response to a planning application are relevant. It is mostly a tick box exercise but there are opportunities to enter free text.<\/p>\n
It may be helpful to comment on:<\/p>\n
Instead, the council might\u2026<\/p>\n